Proceedings of the 8 th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, September 6–11, 1987

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Microsurgical Treatment of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours
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   Chapter 2 Microsurgical Removal of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumours: Report of 22 Cases
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   Chapter 3 Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging in the Management of Primary and Secondary Syringomyelic Cavities, and of Other Cystic Lesions of the Spinal Cord
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   Chapter 4 Syringomyelia: How MRI Aids Diagnosis and Management
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   Chapter 5 Operative Treatment of Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia
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   Chapter 6 Pathological Findings in Suboccipital Decompression in 63 Patients with Syringomyelia
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   Chapter 7 Late Results of the Surgical Treatment of Syringomyelia
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   Chapter 8 Treatment of Syringomyelia by Syringo-peritoneal Shunt
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    Chapter 9 Chemonucleolysis or Discectomy? Results of a Randomized Multicentre Trial in Patients with a Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc
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    Chapter 10 Lumbar Microdiscectomy: Analysis of 100 Consecutive Cases. Its Pitfalls and Final Results
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    Chapter 11 Computed Tomography After Lumbar Disc Surgery: a Comparison Between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients
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    Chapter 12 Transfacet Decompression with Dowel Fixation: a New Technique for Lumbar Lateral Spinal Stenosis
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    Chapter 13 Automated Percutaneous Nucleotomy — Initial Experience in Twenty-Five Cases of Contained Lumbar Disc Herniation
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    Chapter 14 Automated Percutaneous Discectomy: Preliminary Experience
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    Chapter 15 Atlas Fractures: Treatment and Long-term Results
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    Chapter 16 The transoral approach to the anterior superior cervical spine. A review of 29 cases.
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    Chapter 17 Posterior Acrylic Surgical Fixation of Odontoid Fractures
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    Chapter 18 Realignment and Surgical Fixation of Atlanto-axial and Subaxial Dislocations in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
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    Chapter 19 Prognosis and Treatment of Cervical Spine Injuries with Associated Head Trauma
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    Chapter 20 New Methods of Treatment of Severely Injured Sciatic Nerve and Spinal Cord
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    Chapter 21 Implanted Pump Systems for Treatment of Spasticity
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    Chapter 22 Ki-67 Immunoperoxidase Stain as Marker for the Histological Grading of Nervous System Tumours
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    Chapter 23 Glioma Biology in vitro: Goals and Concepts
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    Chapter 24 Gene Dosage Effect in Cells with Monosomy of Chromosome 22 Derived from Human Meningiomas
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    Chapter 25 The Effect of Type Beta Transforming Growth Factor on Proliferation of Clonogenic Cells from Human Gliomas
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    Chapter 26 Human Glioma Cell Lines: Tumour Associated Antigens Distribution and Sensitivity to Antibody-Toxin or Ligand-Toxin Conjugates. A Preliminary Report
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    Chapter 27 Ganglioside Content and Composition in Human Gliomas
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    Chapter 28 The Response of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Glioma-Bearing Patients to Stimulation with Microbial Antigen and IL-2: Proliferation and IFN-Gamma Production
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    Chapter 29 Immunological and Immunohistochemical Studies in Brain Tumours
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    Chapter 30 The Investigation of Experimental Brain Tumours Using 31 P-MRS and 1 H-MRI
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    Chapter 31 Glucocorticosteroid Treatment of Vasogenic Oedema
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    Chapter 32 Transplant-induced Recovery from 6-OHDA Lesions of the Nigrostriatal Dopamineneurones in Mice
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    Chapter 33 Possible Synapse Formation by Embryonic Cerebellar Tissue Grafted into the Cerebellum of the Weaver Mutant Mouse
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    Chapter 34 Intraventricular Transplantation of Omentum for Treatment of Hydrocephalus. An Experimental Study in Dogs
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    Chapter 35 Proton Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Experimental Cerebral Ischaemia
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    Chapter 36 Intracellular Recordings from Neurones in Rat Cerebral Cortex During Hypoxia
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    Chapter 37 Pathophysiological Investigation of Experimental Cerebral Ischaemia Using in vivo 31 P-NMR Spectroscopy and 1 H-MRI
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    Chapter 38 Effect of Nimodipine on Mitochondrial Respiration in Different Rat Brain Areas After Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
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    Chapter 39 Pathomechanism of Brain Oedema in Experimental Intracerebral Mass Haemorrhage
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    Chapter 40 Regulation of Brain Water and Electrolyte Contents: the Opposite Actions of Central Vasopressin and Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)
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    Chapter 41 An Increment in Unilateral Carotid Blood Flow Produces Cerebral Aneurysms in Rats
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    Chapter 42 Occlusion of Experimental Artery Aneurysms by Intrasaccular Injection of Fibrin Sealant
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    Chapter 43 Local Pathological Findings in Experimental Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions Performed by Mechanical Section, Laser and Radiofrequency. A Comparative Study
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    Chapter 44 The Quality and Extension of Nerve Fibre Regeneration in the Centrocentral Anastomosis of the Peripheral Nerve
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    Chapter 45 Peripheral Nerve Autografts to the Rat Spinal Cord: a Study of the Origin of Regenerating Fibres Using Fluorescent Double Labelling