Neurosurgical Standards, Cerebral Aneurysms, Malignant Gliomas

ISBN-13: 9783540548386 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 401 str.

Kurt Piscol; Margareta Klinger; Mario Brock

Opis

Coverage of three topics of major interest to neurosurgeons is provided by this text: neurosurgical standards of diagnosis and treatment, aneurysm surgery and preliminary reports on immunotherapy and radiopharmaceutical substances in the treatment of malignant gliomas.

Spis treści

President’s Opening Remarks.- Fedor Krause Memorial Lecture.- Neurosurgical Standards.- Neurosurgical Standards and Quality Assurance.- The Concept of Neurosurgical Standards from the Clinician’s Perspective.- Medical Treatment Standards from a Legal Perspective.- Cerebral Aneurysms.- Endovascular Treatment of Berry Aneurysms by Endosaccular Occlusion.- Strategies of Endovascular Treatment of Large and Giant Intracranial Aneurysms.- Endovascular Treatment of Basilar Bifurcation Aneurysms.- Embolization of Large Aneurysms with Detachable Balloons.- Endovascular Treatment of Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms.- Possibilities and Limitations of Endovascular Techniques for the Treatment of Craniocerebral Aneurysms.- Technical Possibilities and Aids in Treating Aneurysms in Open Surgery.- Surgical Procedure in Multiple Cerebral Aneurysms.- Circulatory Arrest and Hypothermia in the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms: Preliminary Results.- Principles of Aneurysm Surgery in the Acute Stage of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Prognosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Prospective Study on 543 Patients.- Early Versus Delayed Aneurysm Surgery in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Clinical Grade Hunt-Hess III.- Poor-Grade Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Early or Late Operation?.- Timing and Grading: Problems in Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Early Operation in the Elderly?.- Management Results of a Series of Predominantly Delayed Operations and Ruptured Aneurysms.- Analysis of Relevant Intervals Between Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Surgery on Patients with Aneurysm and Its Influence on the Decision for Early or Delayed Surgery.- Significance of the History for the Planning of Therapy After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Microsurgical Strategy and Surgical Results in Carotid Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysms.- Surgery in Cases of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Without Definite Angiographic Evidence of Vascular Malformation.- Differential Diagnostic Problems and Treatment of Thrombosed Giant Intracranial Aneurysms.- Cerebral Artery Aneurysm in Childhood: Surgical Indications and Results.- Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms: Considerations in Planning Surgical Management.- Psychological Stress During Operations of Aneurysms: A Factor in the Surgical Treatment of Aneurysms. Cardiac Output and Blood Pressure of the Surgeon.- Multimodal Monitoring of Evoked Potentials in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Following a Ruptured Aneurysm.- Necessity of Control Angiography After Aneurysm Surgery.- Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Present Capabilities and Limitations.- Differential Disturbances of Memory and Mood Following Striatum and Basal Forebrain Lesions in Patients with Ruptures of the Anterior Communicating Artery.- Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm with Hypervolemia and Hypertension.- Value of Transcranial Doppler Sonography in Patients Treated with Nimodipine.- Correlation Between Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Basal Cerebral Arteries and Nimodipine Concentration in Serum and Plasma After Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Laser Irradiation of Experimental Carotid Aneurysms: Long-term Results and Histological Alterations.- Effects of Intrathecal Thrombolysis on CSF Absorption After Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Malignant Gliomas.- The Neurosurgical Treatment of Malignant Gliomas.- Stereotactic Interstitial Brachycurietherapy (Iridium-192 and Iodine-125) in Nonresectable Low-Grade Gliomas.- Perspectives of Glioma Treatment with Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Europe.- Clinical Investigations in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT): Pharmacokinetic, Biodistribution, and Toxicity of Na2B12H11SH (BSH) in Patients with Malignant Glioma.- Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermotherapy of Malignant Gliomas.- Interstitial Laser-Assisted Thermal Therapy of Central Brain Tumors: Preliminary Report.- Transforming Growth Factors-? in Malignant Glioma: Preliminary Studies on Inhibition by Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides.- Local Adjuvant Adoptive Immunotherapy of Patients with Malignant Gliomas.- Intratumoral Administration of Interferon-? in Malignant Gliomas.- A Preliminary Study of Superselective Intra-Arterial Cisplatin Infusion in the Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas.- MTT Assay for In Vitro Chemosensitivity Testing of Malignant Intracranial Tumors.- Radical Resection of Midline Gliomas in Children.- Glioma Surgery Within a General Concept: Ultrasonic Aspiration, Laser Coagulation, Radiotherapy, Relapse Operation, Hyperthermia.- Local Administration of Chemo- and Radiopharmaceuticals.- Combined Radiotherapy of High-Grade Gliomas with Stereotactic Implanted Iodine-125 Seeds and Fractionated Low-Dose Rate Beam Irradiation: Preliminary Results.- Malignant Glioma of the Brain: Not in Every Case a Poor Prognosis?.- Microsurgery of Malignant Gliomas of the Temporal Lobes: Cognitive Deficits Depend on the Extent of Lost Tissue.- Multiple Primary and Multiple Recurrent Gliomas.- Relationship Between the Recurrence of Intracranial Ependymomas and the Grade of Malignancy.- Prognostic and Biological Significance of Gross Residual Tumor Following Extirpation of High-Grade Gliomas: Clinical Study Based on Early Postoperative MR Imaging.- Malignancy-Dependent Formation of Cysteinyl-Leukotrienes in Human Brain Tumor Tissues and Its Detection in Urine.- Immunohistochemical Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Human Gliomas.- Winning Poster and Lecture Presentations.- Pituitary Microcirculation Measured by Laser Doppler Flowmetry: Physiological and Clinical Aspects.- Can Motor Evoked Potentials Contribute to the Indication for Surgery in Cervical Spondylotic Disease?.- Is the Hunt and Hess Scale Outdated?.- Monocyte Killing of Malignant Brain Tumor Cells.- Temporary Middle Cerebral Artery Clipping: Pathophysiological Investigation on the Effect of Mannitol and Nimodipine: A Model for Aneurysm Surgery.- Experimental Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Interposition of Placenta-Amnion Membrane and Umbilical Cord Versus Autologous Transplantation.- Growth Characteristics and Proliferation Parameters of Invasive Pituitary Adenomas.- Intraoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial in 840 Patients.