Brain Abscess and Meningitis: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Timing Problems

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Brain Abscess and Acute Purulent Meningitis: Recent Developments in Clinical Microbiology....Pages 3-24
Symptomatology and Diagnosis of Brain Abscesses....Pages 25-31
Development of Brain Abscesses — Computerized Tomogram Compared with Morphological Studies....Pages 32-35
The Determination of Absorption Values as an Aid in Computer Tomographic Differentation Between Cerebral Abscess and Glioblastoma....Pages 36-40
Therapy of Brain Abscess....Pages 41-47
34 Years Therapeutic Experience with Brain Abscesses....Pages 48-56
Surgical Treatment of Brain Abscesses with Special Consideration of Acute and Subacute Abscesses....Pages 57-60
Difficulties in the Differential Diagnosis of Brain Abscesses....Pages 61-67
The Brain Abscess — A Search for Risk Factors....Pages 68-75
Brain Abscess in Childhood....Pages 76-80
Brain Abscess in Children....Pages 81-85
Brain Abscess in Children with Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 86-89
Experience with Delayed Chronic Brain Abscesses....Pages 90-96
Intrasellar Abscesses....Pages 97-101
Brain Abscess as a Complication of Extension Therapy with Crutchfield Cramp....Pages 102-105
Newer Antibiotics for Brain Abscess Treatment Investigated in Animal Experiments....Pages 106-112
Concentrations of Antibiotics in Cerebral Abscess Fluid and Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 113-119
Investigations of Antibiotic Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 120-124
The Effect of Glucocorticoids in the Combined Treatment of Experimental Brain Abscess in Cats....Pages 125-133
Computer Tomographic Findings in Subdural Empyemas....Pages 134-137
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bacteriological and Morphological Investigations on Patients with Brain Abscess and Subdural Empyema....Pages 138-145
CT Findings in Patients with Meningitis and Encephalitis....Pages 146-151
Special Aspects of the Clinical Course of Tuberculous and Purulent Meningitis....Pages 152-158
Intrathecal Injection of Gammaglobulin in the Treatment of Severe Forms of Meningitis....Pages 159-163
Meningitis and Hydrocephalus....Pages 164-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Signal-SAH or Spontaneous SAH? Semantic and Conceptional Introduction to “Timing of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage”....Pages 171-173
Ultrastructural Studies of Cerebral Berry Aneurysms Obtained Operatively....Pages 174-181
Theoretical Aspects and Therapeutical Concepts in Cerebro-Vascular Spasms After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 182-188
Early Operation of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms: The Role of Norepinephrine in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and in Experimental Vasospasm....Pages 189-196
Time Course and Clinical Significance of Cerebral Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 197-200
Clinical Importance of Vascular Spasms After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 201-204
Therapeutic Considerations on Vasospasm in the Aneurysm Patient....Pages 205-208
Biochemical and Clinical Alterations in the Presence of Spasm of Cerebral Arterial Aneurysms....Pages 209-213
Enhanced Fibrinolytic Activity in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 214-216
Grading and Timing of Operation of Cerebral Aneurysms....Pages 217-225
Relative Importance of Prognostic Factors for Operations of Intracranial Aneurysms....Pages 226-232
Timing of Aneurysms of Cerebral Vessels — Documentation of 200 Patients in a Retrospective Study....Pages 233-237
The Timing of Surgical Treatment of Patients in the Acute Stage After Aneurysm Hemorrhage....Pages 238-242
Timing of Aneurysm Surgery after Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 243-249
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) and Intracranial Aneurysm — Spontaneous Course and Surgical Treatment in 227 Patients....Pages 250-254
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Treatment of Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhages....Pages 255-260
Surgery of Intracranial Aneurysms: Indications and Timing....Pages 261-265
Recurrent Subarachnoid Hemorrhage During Hospitalisation....Pages 266-270
Therapeutic Procedure in Aneurysms with Intracerebral Haematoma....Pages 271-280
Prophylactic Extra-Intracranial Arterial Anastomosis in Cases of Large Aneurysms....Pages 281-286
Timing Problems in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 287-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Brain Metabolism Following Experimental Vascular Suture....Pages 299-301
Selective Endoscopic Coagulation of the Choroid Plexus Using Nd-Laser Techniques. A new Approach to the Treatment of Hydrocephalus?....Pages 302-306
Histologic and Autoradiographic Studies of the Development of Experimentally Induced Gliomas in the Rat Brain....Pages 307-313
Ultrastructural Studies on the Selective Elimination of Pain Fibers by Thermocoagulation in Trigeminal Neuralgia....Pages 314-323
Experimental Observations on the Effect of Controlled Hypotension with Trinitroglycerine (TNG) on Intracranial Pressure....Pages 324-330
Membrane Stability Changes of Subcellular Organelles After Barbiturate Treatment....Pages 331-337
Further Evidence for Glutamate and the Kallikrein-Kinin-System as Brain Edema Factors....Pages 338-344
Experimental Acute Brain Swelling....Pages 345-350
Compression of the Terminal Bridging Vein Segments — the Cause of Intracranial Pressure Plateau Waves....Pages 351-354
Intracranial Pressure Gradients in the Presence of Various Intracranial Space-Occupying Lesions....Pages 355-362
Infection Rate of Continuous Monitoring of Ventricular Fluid Pressure with and Without Open Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage....Pages 363-366
Critical Evaluation of ICP-Measurement Using Transducers Screwed into the Cranial Bone....Pages 367-373
Measurement of Regional Cerebral Blood Volume (rCBV) by Routine Computerized Tomography (XCT) – Methods and Results....Pages 374-380
Long-Term Results of Peripheral Nerve Sutures — A Comparison of Micro- and Macrosurgical Techniques....Pages 381-387
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Follow-Up and Results of External Drainage Therapy of Chronic Subdural Hematomas....Pages 388-390
New Aspects of Pathogenesis and Therapy of the Cubital Tunnel Syndrome....Pages 391-395
Influence of Thiopental on Post-Operative Blood Pressure Following Surgery Under Induced Hypotension....Pages 396-400
Preliminary Results of Intracavitary Irradiation of Cystic Craniopharyngiomas by Means of Stereotactically Applied Yttrium-90....Pages 401-404
Psychometric Follow-Up Studies in Patients with Occlusive Disease of the Cerebral Arteries Treated by Extra-lntracranial Arterial Anastomosis....Pages 405-409
The Importance of Computerized Tomography for the Indication of Surgical Treatment of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency....Pages 410-415
Management and Prognosis of Delayed Posttraumatic Intracerebral Hematomas....Pages 416-422
Prophylactic Treatment of Peptic Ulcers, Gastric Dilatation, and Gastric Secretion in Head Injury....Pages 423-427
Unusual Development of Chronic Subdural Haematomas After Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting....Pages 428-432
The Role of Ventricular Fluid Viscosity in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus....Pages 433-439
Cystic Lesion of the Aqueduct and Obstructive Hydrocephalus....Pages 440-446
Reticulo-Histiocytic Granulomatous Encephalitis Producing the Clinical Picture of Encephalitis with Brain Tumor....Pages 447-450
The Restriction in Cranial Migration of the Spinal Cord....Pages 451-455
Unusual Vascular Formations Within the Orbit....Pages 456-462
Spinal Metastases of Gliomas....Pages 463-466
Computed Tomography in Tumors of the Spinal Region....Pages 467-473
Preliminary Results with the Microsurgical Lumbar Discectomy....Pages 474-478
Internal Fixation of Cervical Spine Injuries....Pages 479-489
Prognosis and Therapy of Metastatic Tumors of the Spine....Pages 490-493
Radiological and Morphological Findings After Experimental, Simultaneous, Cervical Interbody Fusion Using Bone Cement and Autogenous Bone....Pages 494-501
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
X-Ray-lnvestigation in Cases of Intraspinal Space-Occupying Lesions: Synopsis of Conventional Diagnosis and CT....Pages 502-507
Back Matter....Pages 509-522