Neurosurgery

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2022-2023

Topic

Neurosurgeons diagnose, assess and perform surgery on disorders affecting the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system. They treat a wide range of conditions ranging from trauma, tumours, strokes, to infections or degenerative and congenital conditions. During our education, the medical students take part in interactive lectures, patient- and clinical problem-focused, bedside (small group!) practical sessions. They will also have the opportunity to study the activities of the operating room and the intensive care unit.

Lectures

• 1. Traumatic brain injuries - Dr. Schwarcz Attila
• 2. Spinal trauma - Dr. Schwarcz Attila
• 3. Degenerative spinal diseases - Dr. Schwarcz Attila
• 4. Tumors of the central nervous system - Dr. Horváth Zsolt Csaba
• 5. Central nervous system vascular diseases and their treatment - Dr. Lenzsér Gábor
• 6. Functional neurosurgery - Dr. Balás István

Practices

• 1. Traumatic brain injuries
• 2. Spinal trauma
• 3. Degenerative spinal diseases
• 4. Central nervous system tumors I.
• 5. Central nervous system tumors II. - Dr. Bálint Kolumbán
• 6. Vascular neurosurgery
• 7. Neurocritical care
• 8. Neurorehabilitation

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

The materials of the lectures will be available in PDF format.

Notes

Recommended literature

Handbook of Neurosurgery - Mark S. Greenberg - Thieme, Eighth edition

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

No mid-term exam is planned.

Making up for missed classes

It depends on the decision of the clinic director.

Exam topics/questions

There will be oral examinations.
The exams will be announce during the exam period.
2 topics must be drawn.
Glasgow Coma Scale calculations are expected as a “warm-up task”.

Exam topics:

1. Disorders of consciousness and the the Glasgow Coma Scale.
2. Brain death and its criteria.
3. Neurosurgical aspects of CT and MR examinations.
4. Techniques of intracranial pressure measurement (advantages and disadvantages), indications.
5. Types of traumatic brain injuries.
6. Principles of treatment of mild, moderate and severe brain injuries.
7. Principles of therapy for cervical spine fractures (conservative methods, surgical techniques).
8. Principles of treatment of spinal and lumbar spine fractures (conservative and surgical solutions).
9. Causes of low back pain, anatomical aspects.
10. Surgical treatment of cervical disc herniation and degenerative diseases of the neck. Diagnosis and isolation of cervicobrachial syndrome.
11. Surgical and conservative therapy of lumbar disc herniation, sciatica and differential diagnosis.
12. Principles of surgical treatment of lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis and instability, surgical solutions.
13. Characterization of symptoms of increased intracranial pressure caused by brain tumors.
14. Classification of brain tumors, epidemiology, age and localization relationships.
15. Syndromes caused by cerebellar and brainstem tumors and their diagnosis.
16. Tumors and surgical indications around Sella.
17. Neurosurgical treatment of primary and metastatic braintumors.
18. Recognition and principles of treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
19. Technique of DSA examination, indications and principles of treatment of vascular malformations.
20. Principles of treatment of spontaneous (hypertensive) intracerebral hemorrhage.
21. Neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders, in particular Parkinson's disease.
22. Surgical treatment of pain syndromes (spinal cord stimulation, Gasser bundle infiltration, facet and nerve root infiltration)
23. Types, symptoms and surgical treatment of liquor circulatory disorders, hydrocephalus.

Examiners

• Dr. Balás István
• Dr. Horváth Zsolt Csaba
• Dr. Kuncz Ádám
• Dr. Lenzsér Gábor
• Dr. Nagy Máté
• Dr. Schwarcz Attila
• Dr. Tóth Péter József

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Dr. Balás István
• Dr. Csécsei Péter
• Dr. Horváth Zsolt Csaba
• Dr. Kovács Noémi
• Dr. Kuncz Ádám
• Dr. Lenzsér Gábor
• Dr. Nagy Csaba Balázs
• Dr. Nagy Máté
• Dr. Szabó Viktor
• Dr. Tóth Péter József