Proceedings of the 8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, September 6–11, 1987: Volume 2 Spinal Cord and Spine Pathologies Basic Research in Neurosurgery

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Microsurgical Treatment of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours....Pages 3-8
Microsurgical Removal of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours: Report of 22 Cases....Pages 9-12
Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging in the Management of Primary and Secondary Syringomyelic Cavities, and of Other Cystic Lesions of the Spinal Cord....Pages 13-16
Syringomyelia: How MRI Aids Diagnosis and Management....Pages 17-21
Operative Treatment of Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia....Pages 22-25
Pathological Findings in Suboccipital Decompression in 63 Patients with Syringomyelia....Pages 26-28
Late Results of the Surgical Treatment of Syringomyelia....Pages 29-31
Treatment of Syringomyelia by Syringo-peritoneal Shunt....Pages 32-34
Chemonucleolysis or Discectomy? Results of a Randomized Multicentre Trial in Patients with a Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc....Pages 35-38
Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Analysis of 100 Consecutive Cases. Its Pitfalls and Final Results....Pages 39-43
Computed Tomography After Lumbar Disc Surgery: a Comparison Between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients....Pages 44-47
Transfacet Decompression with Dowel Fixation: a New Technique for Lumbar Lateral Spinal Stenosis....Pages 48-54
Automated Percutaneous Nucleotomy — Initial Experience in Twenty-Five Cases of Contained Lumbar Disc Herniation....Pages 55-57
Automated Percutaneous Discectomy: Preliminary Experience....Pages 58-62
Atlas Fractures: Treatment and Long-term Results....Pages 63-68
The Transoral Approach to the Anterior Superior Cervical Spine. A Review of 29 Cases....Pages 69-74
Posterior Acrylic Surgical Fixation of Odontoid Fractures....Pages 75-78
Realignment and Surgical Fixation of Atlanto-axial and Subaxial Dislocations in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients....Pages 79-84
Prognosis and Treatment of Cervical Spine Injuries with Associated Head Trauma....Pages 85-90
New Methods of Treatment of Severely Injured Sciatic Nerve and Spinal Cord....Pages 91-93
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Implanted Pump Systems for Treatment of Spasticity....Pages 94-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Ki-67 Immunoperoxidase Stain as Marker for the Histological Grading of Nervous System Tumours....Pages 103-106
Glioma Biology in vitro: Goals and Concepts....Pages 107-113
Gene Dosage Effect in Cells with Monosomy of Chromosome 22 Derived from Human Meningiomas....Pages 114-117
The Effect of Type Beta Transforming Growth Factor on Proliferation of Clonogenic Cells from Human Gliomas....Pages 118-120
Human Glioma Cell Lines: Tumour Associated Antigens Distribution and Sensitivity to Antibody-Toxin or Ligand-Toxin Conjugates. A Preliminary Report....Pages 121-125
Ganglioside Content and Composition in Human Gliomas....Pages 126-129
The Response of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Glioma-Bearing Patients to Stimulation with Microbial Antigen and IL-2: Proliferation and IFN-Gamma Production....Pages 130-134
Immunological and Immunohistochemical Studies in Brain Tumours....Pages 135-139
The Investigation of Experimental Brain Tumours Using 31 P-MRS and 1 H-MRI....Pages 140-144
Glucocorticosteroid Treatment of Vasogenic Oedema....Pages 145-148
Transplant-induced Recovery from 6-OHDA Lesions of the Nigrostriatal Dopamineneurones in Mice....Pages 149-153
Possible Synapse Formation by Embryonic Cerebellar Tissue Grafted into the Cerebellum of the Weaver Mutant Mouse....Pages 154-158
Intraventricular Transplantation of Omentum for Treatment of Hydrocephalus. An Experimental Study in Dogs....Pages 159-161
Proton Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Experimental Cerebral Ischaemia....Pages 162-167
Intracellular Recordings from Neurones in Rat Cerebral Cortex During Hypoxia....Pages 168-171
Pathophysiological Investigation of Experimental Cerebral Ischaemia Using in vivo 31 P-NMR Spectroscopy and 1 H-MRI....Pages 172-176
Effect of Nimodipine on Mitochondrial Respiration in Different Rat Brain Areas After Subarachnoid Haemorrhage....Pages 177-181
Pathomechanism of Brain Oedema in Experimental Intracerebral Mass Haemorrhage....Pages 182-185
Regulation of Brain Water and Electrolyte Contents: the Opposite Actions of Central Vasopressin and Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)....Pages 186-188
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
An Increment in Unilateral Carotid Blood Flow Produces Cerebral Aneurysms in Rats....Pages 189-192
Occlusion of Experimental Artery Aneurysms by Intrasaccular Injection of Fibrin Sealant....Pages 193-197
Local Pathological Findings in Experimental Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions Performed by Mechanical Section, Laser and Radiofrequency. A Comparative Study....Pages 198-204
The Quality and Extension of Nerve Fibre Regeneration in the Centrocentral Anastomosis of the Peripheral Nerve....Pages 205-209
Peripheral Nerve Autografts to the Rat Spinal Cord: a Study of the Origin of Regenerating Fibres Using Fluorescent Double Labelling....Pages 210-213