Surgery
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Topics:
- Intracranial hypertension. Clinical symptomatology, diagnosis, treatment.
- Craniocerebral injuries. Fractures of the bones of the skull (vault and base). - Intracranial hematomas. Diffuse axonal injury.
- Tumors of the brain and spinal canal.
- Vascular malformations of the central nervous system.
- Diseases of the intervertebral disc of the cervical and lumbar spine - diagnosis and surgical treatment.
Total student workload
Obligatory hours carried out with the participation of the teacher:
- participation in classes - 120 h - 4.8 ECTS
Time spent by the student on individual work:
- reading literature - 60 h = 2.4 ECTS
Time required to prepare for the assessment process - 20 h = 0.8 ECTS
Total: 200 h = 8 ECTS
Learning outcomes - knowledge
The student knows and understands:
W1: rules for qualifying for basic surgical procedures and invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, rules for their performance and the most common complications
W2: principles of perioperative safety, patient preparation for surgery, general and local anesthesia and controlled sedation
W3: postoperative treatment with analgesic therapy and postoperative monitoring
W4: causes, symptoms, principles of diagnosis and treatment in relation to the most common diseases requiring surgical intervention in the field of craniofacial diseases, acute and chronic diseases of the central nervous system
W5: qualification rules, what they consist of, how they proceed and what are the possible complications and consequences of surgical procedures in relation to the most common diseases requiring surgical intervention in the field of craniofacial diseases, acute and chronic diseases of the central nervous system
W6: the most common complications of craniofacial procedures, acute and chronic diseases of the central nervous system.
Learning outcomes - skills
The student is able to:
U1: assist in a typical surgical procedure, prepare the operating field and locally anaesthetize the operated area
U2: use basic surgical tools
U3: follow the rules of asepsis and antisepsis
U4: treat a simple wound, apply and change a sterile surgical dressing
U5: tie a single and surgical knot
U6: receive informed and legally effective consent to diagnostic procedures and surgery
Learning outcomes - social competencies
The student is ready to:
K1: being guided by the good of the patient
K2: respecting medical confidentiality and patient rights
K3: taking actions towards the patient based on ethical norms and principles, with awareness of social conditions and limitations resulting from the disease
K4: establishing and maintaining deep and respectful contact with the patient, as well as showing understanding for differences in worldviews and cultures
Teaching methods
- Discussion during practical classes;
- Presentation of cases;
- Independent investigation of knowledge;
- Literature analysis.
Observation/demonstration teaching methods
- display
Expository teaching methods
- narration
- discussion
- description
Exploratory teaching methods
- situational
- practical
- seminar
- observation
- case study
Type of course
elective course
Prerequisites
The scope of knowledge and skills acquired in neurology, basic anatomy and physiology classes.
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
The condition for passing the classes is attendance at the classes and passing the knowledge in the applicable scope - final pass in oral or written form with the assistants conducting the classes.
Practical placement
Bibliography
1. Paweł P. Liberski, Neuroonkologia Kliniczna, Lublin 2011
2. Mirosław Ząbek, Zarys Neurochirurgii, Warszawa 1999
1. Mark S. Greenberg, „Hadnbook of Neurosurgery”, Stuttgart, 2016
2. Youmans and Winn Neurological Surgery, 7th Edition, Nowy York, 2016
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors,
localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: