Spinal Cord Tumors Experimental Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Intensive Care

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
President’s Opening Remarks — Reflections on the Bond of Trust Between the Physician and his Patient....Pages 1-5
Ernst von Bergmann and the Beginning of Neurosurgery in Berlin....Pages 6-9
Extradural Tumors of the Spine....Pages 10-15
Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring....Pages 16-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Basic Anatomic Considerations Concerning the Surgical Approaches to the Spinal Column....Pages 25-36
Spinal Tumors....Pages 37-48
Neurological Problems in Conjunction with Spinal Tumors....Pages 49-51
Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Tumors....Pages 52-55
Diagnosis by Examination of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Spinal Tumor Cases....Pages 56-58
Conventional Radiologic Diagnosis of Spinal Tumors....Pages 59-68
Nuclear Medicine in the Diagnosis of Spinal Tumors....Pages 69-71
Spinal Tumors: Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 72-80
Spinal Tumors: A Multi-Center Study of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie....Pages 81-97
The Use of Transthoracic and Ventro-lateral Access in the Surgical Treatment of Extradural Spinal Tumors in the Thoracic and Lumbar Areas....Pages 98-105
Unilateral Approaches to Spinal Tumors....Pages 106-110
The Transsacral, Transcoccygeal Approach to Prevertebral Spinal Tumors....Pages 111-115
Operative Treatment of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts of the Spine -Radical Excision and Spinal Stabilization....Pages 116-124
Osteosynthesis in Patients with Malignant Tumors of the Cervical Vertebral Column: Indications, Technique, and Results....Pages 125-132
Osteosynthesis with AO Plates in the Cervical and Lumbar Regions of the Vertebral Column in Cases of Spinal Metastases....Pages 133-136
Differential Diagnosis and Operative Treatment of Rare Intraforaminal Space-Occupying Lesions....Pages 137-142
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Acute Leriche Syndrome in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Paraplegia....Pages 143-147
Misdiagnoses in Spinal Tumors....Pages 148-151
Tumors of the Craniocervical Region: Difficulties in Diagnosis; Microsurgery and Laser Surgery....Pages 152-156
Diagnosis and Treatment of Space-Occupying Lesions at the Craniocervical Junction....Pages 157-164
Inclination of the Odontoid Process in Children and Adults - an Anatomical and Functional Investigation....Pages 165-169
Cytostatic Treatment of Spinal Tumors....Pages 170-173
Malignant Lymphomas and Spinal Cord Compression....Pages 174-179
Aspects of Neurosurgical Intervention for Spinal Manifestations of Malignant Lymphomas....Pages 180-183
Clinical and Neuropathological Aspects of Rare Semimalignant Spinal Tumors: Case Reports of a Giant Cell Tumor (Osteoclastoma) and an Atypical Osteoblastoma....Pages 184-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Microsurgical Anatomy of the Transoral Approach for Anterior Processes of the Upper Cervical Spine....Pages 191-196
CT Absorption Analysis in Intracranial Tumor Diagnostics....Pages 197-200
Impulse Cytophotometry and the Biological Behavior of Gliomas....Pages 201-205
Swelling Behavior of C6 Glioma Cells During Shutdown of Energy Metabolism....Pages 206-209
Treatment of Vasogenic Brain Edema by Inhibitors of the Kallikrein-Kinin System....Pages 210-212
Neurotransmitter Contents in Low-Grade Gliomas and Glioblastomas....Pages 213-215
The Influence of Acutely Increasing ICP upon Diuresis and Water-Electrolyte Balance and Its Modification by Neurohypophysectomy (An Experimental Study)....Pages 216-221
Noninvasive Measurement of Local Cerebral Blood Flow (nl-CBF) with Stable Xenon Enhanced Dynamic CT - Description of Method and Analysis of Flow Data....Pages 222-230
Perioperative Chemiluminescence of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes and Monocytes in Brain Tumor Patients....Pages 231-235
Experimental Hypertensive Intracerebral Mass Hemorrhage in Cats....Pages 236-240
Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum Levels of the Arachidonic Acid Metabolites 6–keto–PGF lα and Thromboxane B 2 in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 241-251
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
The Effect of the Cleavage Peptide C3aDesArg of the Third Complement Component on the Accumulation of Leukocytes in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and on the Permeability of the Blood-CSF Barrier....Pages 252-256
Rostral Spread of Epidural 3 H-Labeled Morphine....Pages 257-260
Subdural Implantation of RG2 Glioma Spheroids in Rat Cerebellum: A New Experimental Brain Tumor Model....Pages 261-267
Testing of Hydrocephalus Shunt Systems....Pages 268-273
Vessel Repairs of the Carotid Artery of the Rat Using the Modified Nd: YAG Laser....Pages 274-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Legal Problems of Intensive Care....Pages 279-282
Computer-Aided Neuromonitoring: Conditions, Techniques, and Clinical Applications....Pages 283-294
Present Status of Barbiturates in the Acute Stage of Cerebral Damage....Pages 295-299
Cerebrovascular Reserve and Brain-Protective Measures in Cases of Interruption of Carotid Artery Flow....Pages 300-304
Intensive-Care Aspects in the Treatment of Increased Intracranial Pressure....Pages 305-311
Possibilities and Limitations of High-Dose Barbiturate Therapy in the Management of Intracranial Hypertension....Pages 312-316
Treatment of Intracranial Hypertension Without Barbiturates....Pages 317-323
Significance of Acute Disturbances of Pupillary Function in Postoperative Intensive Care After Operations for Craniopharyngiomas....Pages 324-327
Provisional Diagnostic Value of the Anaphylatoxin Radioimmunoassay (C3a-desArg-RIA) in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit....Pages 328-334
Investigations of Pituitary Function in Severe Head Injury by Radioimmunoassay....Pages 335-339
Biological Rhythms of Electrophysiological and Endocrinological Parameters in Acute and Chronic Intracranial Lesions....Pages 340-346
Neuromonitoring Supplemented by nrCBF....Pages 347-351
Postoperative Observation at the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit After Surgery of the Posterior Fossa....Pages 352-358
Monitoring of Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEPs) in the Intensive Care Treatment of Craniocerebral Traumata....Pages 359-363
Auditory Evoked Potentials During and After Complete Ischemia of the Brain....Pages 364-367
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Criteria for the Diagnosis of Brain Death....Pages 368-374
Limitations of Intensive Care Medicine - as Viewed by a Neurosurgeon....Pages 375-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-386