Synopses & Reviews
This volume of proceedings contains in their entirety the reports submitted at the 6th International Congress of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology, held concurrently in Nagoya, Japan, in March 2005, and provides valuable insights into the latest innovations in clinical neurosurgery for practitioners from a broad range of disciplines.
Synopsis
The primary objective of neurosurgeons is to achieve the best possible outcome for patients while minimizing nervous-system injury through their interventions. Great advances in the practice of minimally invasive neurosurgery over the past couple of decades have been made possible through technological advances providing increasingly sophisticated instrumentation for use in the operating room, necessitating the acquisition of new surgical skills and know-how. Dissemination of this kind of knowledge was the common goal of two conferences, the 6th International Congress of Minimally Invasive Surgery and the 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology, held concurrently in Nagoya, Japan, in March 2005. This volume of proceedings contains in their entirety the reports submitted at both these meetings, and provides valuable insights into the latest innovations in clinical neurosurgery for practitioners from a broad range of disciplines.
Synopsis
Neurotraumatology patients present an enormous challenge to society. Neuros- gical management of brain and spinal cord injury has been a frustrating area, as s- gical methods, especially in moderate and severe injuries, have been limited to control of brain and spinal compression, control of intracranial pressure with its expected effect on cerebral blood flow, and structural repair of the supporting structures (skull, spine, brain and spinal cord coverings). Achieving the best outcome for the neu- traumatology patient, however, requires much more than that. This important issue has thus far been approached through the broadest spectrum of scientific knowledge, from the most fundamental biological sciences to the social sciences. Such a variety of approaches has for a long time been in need of a "center of gravity;' a balancing point where facts and opinions can meet and be integrated. The management of neural injury is awaiting a breakthrough, and we should do our best to facilitate. As the majority of the new discoveries tend to appear at the integrating borderlines of two separate scientific areas, our duty is to bring together all scientists involved with neural injury. all hope that the meeting has fulfilled this goal and is a step forward in bringing together previously distant areas of knowledge in neurotraumatology. These proceedings contain the full text of the submitted reports, with the intention of providing the information and personal opinions of the participating speakers to those who were unable to attend.
Table of Contents
Part I: 6th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery The NASA Smart Probe for Real-time Tissue Identification: Potential Applications in Neurosurgery Clinically Non-Functional Pituitary Tumors: The Surgical and Biological Challenge Tips for correct use of navigation Image-guided surgery for gliomas Recent advances in radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations: The University of Tokyo experience Intramedullary spinal cord glial tumours: management philosophy and surgical outcome Surgical tactics for subaxial spinal cord injury Efficacy of lateral position on minimally invasive cervical expansive open-door laminoplasty MR Tractography for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Intraoperative MRI Clinical significance of positron emission tomography in brain tumor surgery The biology of glioma: A discussion from the standpoint of photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy MCA embolism local fibrinolytic intervention trial (MELT) Japan Direct cerebral bypass supplements indirect bypass procedures in moyamoya disease Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Retrocarotid Infracommunicating Approach for Parasellar and Interpedunclar Tumors Genetically modified cell line grafting for the treatment of Parkinson's disease Controlled secretion of b-endorphin from human embryonic kidney cells carrying a Tet-on-NL1-b-endorphin fusion gene Human Gene Therapy for Malignant Gliomas by In Vivo Transduction with Human Interferon-beta Gene Using Cationic Liposomes Neuronal restoration of memory disturbances and neuroprotection for fall in vegetation after cardiac arrest. Neuroprotection and repair by using adult-derived neural stem cell grafting for neurological disorders Diaphragm Pacing with a Spinal Cord Stimulator Intraoperative monitoring of the corticospinal MEP (D-wave) in brain tumor surgery Functional neurosurgical rehabilitation in craniovertebral junction abnormality: An exemplary case report Functional Electrical Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at the University of Virginia and Duke University Treatment results of poor-grade (WFNS grade V) patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage Minimally invasive spinal surgery using instrumentation Clinical experience with endoscope-controlled removal of intrameatal vestibular schwannomas Neuroprotective approaches in experimental model of cerebral venous infarct Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: Our Approach Endoscopic Endonasal Transphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenoma Microsurgical treatment of posterior cranial fossa tumors via keyhole approaches The NASA Nanoelectrode Array for Deep Brain Stimulation: Monitoring Neurotransmitters and Electrical Activity Plus Precise Stimulation Part II: 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology Phenomenological Aspects of Consciousness: Coma Scale in Chronic Stage (Chronic Coma Scale Score; CCSs) Right Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation for the Vegetative State An Ecologically Valid System for Classifying Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children Some Keys to Neurorehabilitation Related to the Circuitry of Emotion in the Brain Multidisciplinary treatment for trauma - the AMN view Ventricular enlargement after TBI - shunt or no shunt Ex vivo expansion and neural differentiation of bone marrow-derived cells under serum-free condition Head trauma related epilepsy Recent Projects on Neurotrauma in Japan Head injury in Buenos Aires City: main features Can Mile Head Injury Affect the Quality of Life by Neuropsychological Disturbances? Simple and effective assessment of posttraumatic higher brain function disorders with special reference to the prefrontal area Neurobehavioral Sequelae in Neurotraumatology Clinical analysis of the patients with anterior skull base and craniofacial injury in the acute head trauma Oxidative injury and antioxidant therapy in acute brain injury "The development of brain hypothermia treatment for severe brain trauma: -New finding of brain injury mechanism, ICU management technique and pitfall-" Hemodynamic Efficacy of Neuroleptanesthesia for Therapeutic Hypothermia in Acute Brain Injury Different Cytokine Responses Between Induced and Accidental Hypothermia - An Implication for Controversies over Neuroeffective of Therapeutic Hypothermia- Multidisciplinary treatment including brain hypothermia for severe brain injury Therapeutic Moderate Hypothermia for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review Early decompressive surgery for spinal cord injury -rationale based on experimental study- Acetazolamide Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Ultrasonic Power Harmonic Imaging and Doppler Sonography Neurointesive Care with Multimodal Monitoring Right median nerve electrical stimulation for coma treatment - Recent experience in Lithuania and the USA Management of patients with traumatic brain injury: Our strategy "Clinical features in the patients with ""platform accident"" in Tokyo" Screening for Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Development of the new Coma Scale: Emergency Coma Scale (ECS) Pre-hospital Care for Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury : A Retrospective Analysis of Japan Neurotrauma Data Bank