Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery: Organized by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Paris, July 15–20, 1979. Vol. 1

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Prognostic Assessment of Coma in Relation to Age....Pages 3-12
Adding up the Glasgow Coma Score....Pages 13-16
Protocol for Reception, Management, and Assessment of Head Injuries....Pages 17-25
Eye Movements as a Prognostic Factor....Pages 26-28
The Clinical Criteria in Gravity Assessment of Acute Head Injuries Associated With Coma....Pages 29-34
Combined Clinical and EEG Examinations for Assessment of Severity of Acute Head Injuries....Pages 35-39
Using the Spectral Analysis of the EEG for Prognosis of Severe Brain Injuries in the First Post-Traumatic Week....Pages 40-42
Prognostic Aspects of Electroclinical and Neuroendocrine Data in Severe Brain Injury....Pages 43-49
Early Prognosis After Severe Human Head Injury Utilizing Multimodality Evoked Potentials....Pages 50-51
Heart Rate Studies in Association With Electroencephalography (EEG) as a Means of Assessing the Progress of Head Injuries....Pages 52-57
Prognostic Information From EEG and ICP Monitoring After Severe Closed Head Injuries in the Early Post-Traumatic Phase....Pages 58-62
Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Contusions in the Early Period Post-Trauma....Pages 63-65
Significance of Intracranial Pressure and Neurological Deficit as Prognostic Factors in Acute Severe Brain Lesions....Pages 66-69
Prognostic Value of the Intracranial Pressure Levels During the Acute Phase of Severe Head Injuries....Pages 70-73
The Prognostic Value of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring After Severe Head Injuries....Pages 74-77
Prognostic Signs During Continuous Monitoring of the Ventricular Fluid Pressure in Patients With Severe Brain Injury....Pages 78-84
CT, EEG, and ICP Recordings During Intensive Care of Acute Head Injuries....Pages 85-85
CT Scan, ICP and Early Neurological Evaluation in the Prognosis of Severe Head Injury....Pages 86-88
Post-Traumatic Acute Rise of ICP Related to Subclinical Epileptic Seizures....Pages 89-92
Serum Myelin Basic Protein, Clinical Responsiveness, and Outcome of Severe Head Injury....Pages 93-95
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Significance of Cerebral and Systemic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Early Prognosis of Brain Injury....Pages 96-97
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Related to Outcome in Head Injury....Pages 98-102
Prognostic Significance of the Changes in the Carbohydrate Metabolism in Severe Head Injury....Pages 103-107
CK BB -Isoenzymes as a Sign of Cerebral Injury....Pages 108-112
Disturbances of the Carbohydrate Metabolism in Acute Head Trauma....Pages 113-114
The Prognostic Value of Osmolality Within the First Week of Sustaining Head Injury....Pages 115-119
Post-Traumatic Amnesia, Post-Concussional Symptoms, and Accident Neurosis....Pages 120-123
Burdens Imposed on the Relatives of Those With Severe Brain Damage Due to Injury....Pages 124-125
The Nature of Physical, Mental and Social Deficits Contributing to the Categories of Good Recovery, Moderate and Severe Disability in the Glasgow Global Outcome Scale....Pages 126-127
Long-Term Prognosis After Severe Head Injury....Pages 128-133
Factors Determining Prognosis in Acute Subdural Haematoma....Pages 134-136
Factors Influencing the Outcome of Coma in Severely Injured Patients....Pages 137-139
Age and Outcome of Severe Head Injury....Pages 140-143
Early Prognosis of Severe Head Injuries in Children....Pages 144-147
Prognosis in Diffuse Injury....Pages 148-148
Prognosis in Patients With Severe Head Injury....Pages 149-152
Prognostic Factors in Acute Head Injuries—Brain Stem Contusion During the First Week....Pages 153-157
Prognosis of the Individual Patient With Severe Head Injury....Pages 158-160
Predicting the Outcome of Individual Patients in the First Week After Severe Head Injury....Pages 161-164
Head Injury Prognosis: Calculations From Clinical Data....Pages 165-170
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predicting Outcome After Severe Head Injury—A Computer-Assisted Analysis of Neurological Symptoms and Laboratory Values....Pages 171-173
Risk Factors in Severe Head Injury....Pages 174-178
The Prediction of Outcome of Patients Admitted Following Head Injury in Coma With Bilateral Fixed Pupils....Pages 179-182
Forecasting Peculiarities of Intracerebral Pressure and Local Cerebral Blood Flow Data and Methods of Outcome Forecasting in the Early Postoperative Period....Pages 183-187
Sleep Alterations During Post-Traumatic Coma as a Possible Predictor of Cognitive Defects....Pages 188-192
Assessment of Outcome Following Large Decompressive Craniectomy in Management of Serious Cerebral Contusion....Pages 193-194
Outcome of Acute Subdural Haematoma Following Decompressive Hemicraniectomy....Pages 195-198
Early Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Intracranial Haematomas and Laceration Foci as the Main Factor for Favourable Prognosis....Pages 199-200
Local CBF in the Laceration Focus in Patients With Craniocerebral Trauma....Pages 201-202
Brain Injuries—Causes of Death, and Life Expectancy....Pages 203-204
On Comparing Series of Head Injured Patients....Pages 205-208
Effect of Therapy on Prognosis of Cerebral Contusions....Pages 209-209
The Assessment of the Efficacy of Different Therapies for Severe Head Injuries....Pages 210-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Phenomena Associated With Focal Ischaemia in the Central Nervous System....Pages 215-217
Experimental Cerebral Hypoxia and Ischaemia in Cats....Pages 218-221
Experimental Middle Cerebral Artery Embolization and Embolectomy....Pages 222-225
Pentothal Protection for Delay Cerebral Revascularization....Pages 226-230
Techniques of End-To-Side Anastomosis—Experimental Evaluation and Clinical Findings....Pages 231-235
A New Technique for End-To-Side Anastomosis Between Small Arteries....Pages 236-240
A Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) Study of the Re-Endothelialization of the Carotid End-To-Side Anastomosis in the Rat....Pages 241-249
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Endothelial Surface of Small Diameter Vein Grafts in Rats Treated With Heparin....Pages 250-253
Venous Patch in Arteries of 1 mm External Diameter....Pages 254-256
Application of Magnetobiological Effects in Restorative Cerebral Angiosurgery....Pages 257-259
Microvascular Repair With Neodymium-YAG Laser....Pages 260-262
Surgical Possibilities in the Third Portion of the Vertebral Artery (Above C2)....Pages 263-269
Assessment of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Using the XE-133 Inhalation Method in Patients Undergoing EIAB Surgery....Pages 270-271
Cortical Arterial Pressure in Extra-Intracranial Anastomosis....Pages 272-274
Animal Experiments With Doppler Flow Transducers....Pages 275-277
The Role of Anastomoses in Brain Circulation....Pages 278-281
Cerebral Revascularization With Extra-Intracranial Anastomoses for Vascular Lesions of Traumatic, Malformative, and Tumorous Origin....Pages 282-286
Prevention of Brain Stem Stroke by Microvascular Anastomosis....Pages 287-290
The Importance of the Early Diagnosis of Preocclusive Carotid Artery Lesions....Pages 291-293
Microsurgical Approach to Bilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion....Pages 294-297
Tandem Lesions of the Internal Carotid Arteries and Their Management....Pages 298-301
Multiple Angiographic Studies and Tri-Dimensional Assessment of Regional Cerebral Perfusion on Patients Treated by EC-IC Bypass....Pages 302-302
Extra-Intracranial Cerebral Anastomosis Operation in Acute Ischaemia as an Emergency....Pages 303-303
EICA in Transient Ischaemic Attacks and Neurological Deficits....Pages 304-305
Extra-Intracranial Anastomosis in Patients With Completed Strokes....Pages 306-307
Effect of Extra-Intracranial Arterial Bypass (EIAB) on Cerebral Circulation and EEG....Pages 308-308
Advantage of Using Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HO) in Combination With Extra-Intracranial Arterial Bypass (EIAB) in the Treatment of Completed Stroke....Pages 309-309
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Six Hundred Endovascular Neurosurgical Procedures in Vascular Pathology....Pages 310-311
Endovascular Method of Excluding From the Circulation Saccular Cerebral Arterial Aneurysms, Leaving Intact Vessels Patient....Pages 312-315