Modern Neurosurgery 1

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
 68 Ga-EDTA Positron Emission Tomography in Cases with Brain Tumour....Pages 1-10
Angiotomosynthesis....Pages 11-15
Age and Other Complicating Factors in Neurosurgical Operations in the Sitting Position....Pages 16-22
CO 2 -Micro-Laser-Neurosurgery — Clinical and Laboratory Experiences....Pages 23-30
Decompression in Lumbar Stenosis — New Techniques for Decompression in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis “Guided” by High Resolution CT Scans....Pages 31-36
Intraoperative Use of Sector Scanning Ultrasonography in Neurosurgery....Pages 37-43
Monitoring of Head Injuries....Pages 44-50
Long-Term Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Pseudotumour Cerebri....Pages 51-63
Analysis of Intracranial Pressure in Neonates and Infants....Pages 64-70
Automated Prophylaxis of Postoperative and Posttraumatic Intracranial Hypertension....Pages 71-80
Penetration of Antimicrobial Drugs into the Cerebrospinal Fluid — Its Relevance in Postoperative CSF Infections....Pages 81-96
The Influence of High Dose Barbiturates on Canine Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism....Pages 97-103
Resistance of Brain Tumours to Chemotherapy: Preliminary Studies of Rat and Human Tumours....Pages 104-109
L- α -Alanine Inhibition of Pyruvate Kinase from Tumours of the Human Central Nervous System....Pages 110-121
Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy vs. Photon Beam for Malignant Brain Tumours — 12 Years’ Experience....Pages 122-136
Treatment of Supratentorial Glioma Recurrencies with Re-Operation and Chemotherapy....Pages 137-143
Chemosensitivity Testing of Human Brain Tumours in Vitro....Pages 144-151
Hyperprolactinaemia: Results of Operation in Patients Selected on the Basis of Dynamic Endocrine Tests....Pages 152-159
Immunohistochemical Classification of Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 160-172
Fifteen Years Experience with Transnasal Trans-Sphenoidal Operation for Pituitary Tumours....Pages 173-180
Complications of Trans-Sphenoidal Microsurgery for Pituitary Adenoma....Pages 181-186
The Surgical Treatment of Craniopharyngioma....Pages 187-192
Trans-Sphenoidal Microsurgery in the Management of Non-Pituitary Tumours of the Sella Turcica....Pages 193-204
Microsurgical Anatomy of the Third Ventricle....Pages 205-214
Surgical Strategies in the Management of Tumours of the Anterior Third Ventricle....Pages 215-224
Posterior Third Ventricular Tumours....Pages 225-231
Tumours of the Lateral Ventricles in Adults — Pre-Operative Anatomical and Histological Diagnosis — Surgical Implications....Pages 232-241
Benign Tumours of the Lateral Ventricles — Radiological and Surgical Considerations....Pages 242-257
Clinical Observations on 40 Cases of Tumours of the Fourth Ventricle in Adults....Pages 258-263
High Resolution CT Scan in Diagnosis of Lumbar Spine Lesions....Pages 264-272
Use of Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 273-283
Anterior Cervical Discectomy Without Fusion: Comparison Study and Follow-Up....Pages 284-291
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Treated by a Microsurgical Anterior Approach with or Without Interbody Fusion....Pages 292-298
Management of Paediatric Spinal Cord Injuries — Analysis of Combined Survey....Pages 299-307
A Scale for Evaluation of Acute Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 308-317
Patient Selection for an Extracranial—Intracranial Arterial Bypass....Pages 318-323
Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Operations in Patients with Stenotic Lesions of Major Cerebral Arteries....Pages 324-333
Indications and Results of Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass in Patients with Completed Stroke....Pages 334-340
The New Techniques of Vascular Reconstruction Applied to Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery....Pages 341-352
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Transient Ischaemic Attacks, Effects of Reconstructive Vascular Surgery — A Study Using Xenon-133 Inhalation and Single-Photon Tomography....Pages 353-358
Mechanism of Cerebral Vasospasm Induced by Oxyhaemoglobin....Pages 359-374
Vasospastic Activity of Haemorrhaghic CSF — Its Effects “in Vitro”....Pages 375-379
Anutensin — A New Factor in Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm....Pages 380-382
Studies on Cerebral Vasospasm....Pages 383-395
Cerebral Oedema Following Experimental Subarachnoid Haemorrhage....Pages 396-404
The Effect of Carotid Ligation on Cerebral Aneurysmal Size and on Aneurysmal Production in Man....Pages 405-416
The Natural History of Cerebral Aneurysms: The Rate of Late Rebleeding....Pages 417-423
Early Operation on Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms — Results of 120 Cases Operated on Within One Week After SAH....Pages 424-435
Direct Operation on Intracranial Aneurysms Within 48 Hours of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage—Correlation Between CT Findings and Vasospasm....Pages 436-441
Transpetrosal Combined Supratentorial and Infratentorial Approach for Midline Vertebro-Basilar Aneurysms....Pages 442-448
Long-Term Follow-Up of Deep Brain Stimulation for Relief of Chronic Pain in the Human....Pages 449-453
Results in 60 Cases of Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Intractable Pain....Pages 454-459
Control of Pain in Brachial Plexus Avulsion, Spinal Paraplegia and Herpes Using DREZ Lesions....Pages 460-463
CSF Endorphins Level in Patients with Cancer Pain Treated by Cervical Percutaneous Cordotomy....Pages 464-468
Technique and Results of 800 Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermocoagulations for Trigeminal Neuralgia....Pages 469-475
Back Matter....Pages 477-486