Kerala PSC Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery – Medical Education Syllabus
അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് പ്രൊഫസർ (ന്യൂറോസർജറി) – മെഡിക്കൽ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ വകുപ്പ് – സിലബസ്
Technical posts and departmental tests · Category No. 073/2026
The full syllabus, organised section by section with the marks for each part: 10 sections and 98 topics, 100 marks in all. Tick topics off as you study and practise each part with the mock tests.
Objective-type test of 100 marks, made up of 10 modules of 10 marks each. Kerala PSC objective tests of this kind run 1 hour 30 minutes, with questions in English. At the previous notification (Cat. No. 092/2025) selection was by this test followed by an interview.
Questions may also come from topics beyond those listed.
- Sections
- 10
- Topics
- 98
- Total marks
- 100
Exam pattern & marks · പരീക്ഷാ ഘടന
1
Module 1 – Basic Sciences (Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology)അടിസ്ഥാന ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ
10 marks- Gross anatomy of brain, spine and spinal cord
- Anatomy and function of cranial and spinal nerves
- Anatomy and physiology of brachial and lumbosacral plexus
- Arterial supply of brain and spinal cord: gross and microscopic anatomy
- Autonomic nervous system: anatomy and applied anatomy
- Cerebral and spinal venous drainage
- Cerebrospinal fluid: formation, circulation and related disorders
- Embryology of brain and spinal cord
- Blood brain barrier and cerebral perfusion
- Pathology of genetic disorders of the brain and spinal cord
- Brain metabolism: normal and in cerebral ischemia
2
Module 2 – Basic Neurologyഅടിസ്ഥാന ന്യൂറോളജി
10 marks- Functional organisation of brain and spinal cord
- Disorders of lobe function, higher mental function abnormalities
- Disorders of visual pathway and ocular motor nerves
- Electrophysiological investigations: EEG, BAER, NCV, EMG, VEP, intraoperative neuromonitoring, cortical mapping
- Disorders of trigeminal nerve and trigeminal neuralgia
- Cerebral vasculitic disorders
- Brain stem syndromes and lower cranial nerve lesions
- Parkinsonism and other dementias, normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Motor neuron disease: types, clinical features, diagnosis and management
- Demyelinating diseases of brain and spinal cord
3
Module 3 – Developmental Disordersഡെവലപ്മെന്റൽ ഡിസോർഡേഴ്സ് (വളർച്ചാ വൈകല്യങ്ങൾ)
10 marks- Chiari malformations: aetiopathology, clinical features, diagnosis and management
- Aqueductal stenosis and obstructive hydrocephalus: types, diagnosis and management
- Spina bifida: occulta and aperta, diagnosis and management
- Encephalocoeles: types, diagnosis and management
- Neuronal migration and disorders of neuronal migration
- Phakomatoses: clinical features
- Facial dysmorphic syndromes: clinical features and management
- Developmental anomalies of cranial arterial circulation
- Dermoid and epidermoid cysts of the skull and intracranial compartments
- Congenital scoliosis and CVJ anomalies: diagnosis, imaging and management
4
Module 4 – Neuroradiologyന്യൂറോറേഡിയോളജി
10 marks- Basics of CT and MRI and their development
- Contrast agents used in CT and MRI and their properties
- CT myelogram, cisternogram and their applications
- MRI sequences used in neurosurgery and their applications, MR spectroscopy
- X-ray studies of skull and spine: relevance and applications
- DSA and 4-vessel angiogram: applications in stroke
- Neuroradiological intervention in stroke
- Therapeutic roles of neuroradiology in neurosurgery
- Intraoperative uses of CT, MRI and C-arm
5
Module 5 – Infections in Neurosurgeryന്യൂറോസർജറിയിലെ അണുബാധകൾ
10 marks- Common infections of brain and spine
- Meningitis and its complications in children and adults
- Spread of infections to brain and spine
- Parasitic infestations of brain and their management
- Postoperative infections and their management
- Brain abscess and its management
- Ventriculitis: causes, management and complications
- Fungal infections of the brain
- CSF studies and their relevance in brain and spine infections
- Infective spondylodiscitis, postoperative discitis and their management
6
Module 6 – Brain and Spine Traumaമസ്തിഷ്ക-നട്ടെല്ല് ആഘാതങ്ങൾ
10 marks- Traumatic skull and spine injuries, classification of spine injuries and brain trauma
- Paediatric head injuries: clinical features, imaging and management
- Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages: classification, diagnosis and management
- Craniovertebral junction and subaxial cervical spine trauma
- Diffuse axonal injury: pathology and management
- Thoracic and dorsolumbar spine trauma: diagnosis and management
- Grading of severity of traumatic brain injury and outcome scores
- Sequelae of traumatic brain and spine injury
- Advances in the management of traumatic brain and spine injuries and neurorehabilitation
7
Module 7 – Neuro-oncologyന്യൂറോ ഓങ്കോളജി
10 marks- 2021 WHO classification of brain tumours
- Common intracranial tumours in adults, orbital tumours and surgical approaches
- Paediatric brain tumours
- Primary tumours of the skull and spine
- Malignant spinal cord neoplasms
- Metastases of the brain and spine
- Non-neoplastic cystic lesions of the brain and spine
- Management of malignant neoplasms of brain and spine
- Radiosurgery for brain and spine neoplasms
- Special investigations for brain and spine neoplasms: diagnosis and management
8
Module 8 – Neurovascular Disordersന്യൂറോവാസ്കുലാർ രോഗങ്ങൾ
10 marks- Cerebral aneurysms: types, clinical features, diagnosis and surgical management
- Arteriovenous malformations of brain and spinal cord: classification, diagnosis, clinical features and surgical management
- Alternate management of aneurysms and AVMs and their outcomes
- Interventional neuroradiology in the management of aneurysms and AVMs
- Neurovascular compression syndromes
- Stroke: ischaemic and haemorrhagic, clinical features and management
- Vasospasm: clinical features, diagnosis and management
- Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Vein of Galen malformation, dolichoectasia of cerebral arteries
9
Module 9 – Neurocritical Care and Functional Neurosurgeryന്യൂറോക്രിട്ടിക്കൽ കെയർ & ഫങ്ഷണൽ ന്യൂറോസർജറി
10 marks- Intensive care management of traumatic brain and spine injuries
- Guidelines for management of raised intracranial pressure
- Postoperative management of pituitary neoplasms and craniopharyngiomas
- Electrolyte disturbances in neurosurgical intensive care: types and management
- Principles of ventilation in neurocritical care
- Abnormal respiratory patterns in severe brain injury
- Movement disorders: diagnosis, medical and surgical management
- Epilepsy: types, diagnosis, medical and surgical management
- Spasticity: types, diagnosis, medical and surgical management
- Deep brain stimulation, radiofrequency lesioning: principles and common targets
10
Module 10 – Degenerative Spine Disorders and Peripheral Nervesനട്ടെല്ലിന്റെ ഡീജനറേറ്റീവ് രോഗങ്ങളും പെരിഫറൽ നാഡികളും
10 marks- Cervical and lumbar spondylosis
- Disc diseases: cervical, lumbosacral, clinical features, diagnosis and management
- OPLL and cervical block vertebrae
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Lumbar and lumbosacral listhesis: types, diagnosis and management
- Lumbar canal stenosis and management
- Craniovertebral junction disorders in rheumatoid arthritis, Down's and other syndromes with ligamentous laxity
- Scoliosis: diagnosis, management and rehabilitation
- Piriformis syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome: diagnosis and management
- Peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes
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