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Practical Neurosurgery
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:19.02.2024 09:29:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | NUNK_005 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Neurology | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kaspars Auslands | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Rīga, Pilsoņu iela 13, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, 37. korpuss; Hipokrāta iela 2, 7. nodaļa, 901. telpa, neuro rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069653; +371 67536540 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Aquired skills in compulsory subject "Neurosurgery" in study programme "Medicine" are required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The student acquires in-depth knowledge and an idea of neurosurgically correctable pathologies. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The latest in glioma therapy. Infectious pathologies of CNS to be corrected by neurosurgery. Congenital CNS pathologies, their surgical correction. Problems during neurosurgical operations, their prevention. Recent international achievements in neurosurgical practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Craniotomies, approaches in neurosurgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Neuronavigation in neurosurgery, onconeurosurgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | The choice of operative approach of various CNS pathologies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | The basic principles of surgical treatment tactics of peripheral nervous system lesions. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | The spinal tumours, treatment tactics. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Vertebroplasty. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 8 | Failed back surgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 9 | Cerebral aneurysms. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 10 | Microanastamoses in neurosurgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 11 | Preparation of examination and treatment plan for neurosurgical pathologies. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Student's independent work includes the preparation of tasks with clinical cases. In the clinical case the task includes: • patient's clinical case analysis of certain pathology through medical history scheme oriented to the problems; • preparation of literature review attributable to the clinical case; • preparation of clinical case presentation. • pracitcal neurosurgical manipulations during the practical seminars. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Final rating. Cumulative assesment – the student's knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnostics, treatment principles and prevention of neurosurgical diseases is tested (60%). Presentation of a clinical case (40%). Knowledge, skills and competence are assessed on the basis of the results of the study work throughout the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On completion of the study course student should acquire in-depth knowledge and expertise about diagnostic principles of different neurosurgical pathologies, and types and specificity of different cranial and spinal neurosurgical operations, and is able to apply the acquired knowledge for conservative and surgical treatment of various neurosurgical diseases. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the study course the student will acquire the skills and abilities that will allow to: • draw up the examination and treatment plan for neurosurgical pathologies; • identify surgical treatment tactics, operation type selection for various neurosurgical diseases; • explain the difficulties during neurosurgical operations, their prevention, the tactics of action; • predict the possible outcome of illness and treatment; • be familiar with the latest international developments in neurosurgical field. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The resulting competence of the study course acquisition will allow to independently analyse medical problems of neurosurgical diseases, to rationally use additional opportunities for investigation, to make the situation analysis, display the individual attitude for patients and to justify the chosen treatment plan. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Greenberg, M. Greenberg's Handbook of Neurosurgery. 10th edition. New York, Thieme, 2023. | ||||||||
| 2 | Ellenbogen, R., et al. Principles of Neurological Surgery. 4th edition. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2018. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rhoton, A. Rhoton's Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches. New York, Oxford University Press, 2020. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Neurosurgery Fundamentals. N. Agarwal. Thieme, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | Essential Neurosurgery Companion (Thieme). Gasco, Nader, Gragnaniello. 2012. | ||||||||
| 3 | Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review (Thieme). Harbaugh, Shaffrey, Couldwell, Berger. 2015 | ||||||||
| 4 | The Neurosurgical Atlas, by Aaron Cohen-Gadol. | ||||||||
| 5 | Connolly, E. S., McKhannII, G. M., Huang, J., Choudhri, T. F., Komotar, R. J., Mocco, J. Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. United States: Thieme Publishers New York, 2011. | ||||||||
| 6 | Harbaugh, Shaffrey, Couldwell, Berger. Neurosurgery Knowledge. Update, 2015. | ||||||||
| 7 | Lawton. Seven Aneurysms, 2011. | ||||||||
| 8 | Spetzler, Kalani, Nakaji. Neurovascular Surgery. 2nd edition, 2015. | ||||||||
| 9 | Lehecka, M., Laakso, A., Hernesniemi, J. Helsinki Microneurosurgery Basics and Tricks. 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies | ||||||||
| 2 | American Associationof Neurological Surgeons | ||||||||
| 3 | Medscape | ||||||||
