Synopses & Reviews
This series, sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, has already become a classic. In general, one volume is published per year. The Advances section presents fields of neurosurgery and related areas in which important recent progress has been made. The Technical Standards section features detailed descript of standard procedures to assist young neurosurgeons in their post-graduate training. The contributions are written by experienced clinicians and are reviewed by all members of the Editorial Board. "... is attractively produced, is well printed, and well illustrated ... this remains an outstanding series and represents good value for money ... a valuable reference source to be consulted by all neurosurgeons, from junior trainee to consultant level alike." British Journal of Neurosurgery
Synopsis
As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. This series was first discussed in 1972 at a combined meeting of the Italian and German Neurosurgical Societies in Taormina, the founding fathers of the series being Jean Brihaye, Bernard Pertuiset, Fritz Loew and Hugo KrayenbtihI. Thus were established the principles of European co- operation which have been born from the European spirit, flourished in the European Association, and have throughout been associated with this series. The fact that the English language is well on the way to becoming the international medium at European scientific conferences is a great asset in terms of mutual understanding. Therefore we have decided to publish all contributions in English, regardless of the native language of the authors. All contributions are submitted to the entire editorial board before publi- cation of any volume. Our series is not intended to compete with the publications of original scientific papers in other neurosurgical journals. Our intention is, rather, to present fields of neurosurgery and related areas in which important recent advances have been made. The contributions are written by specialists in the given fields and constitute the first part of each volume.
Table of Contents
Advances: • A Critical Review of the Current Status and Possible Developments in Brain Transplantation (S. Rehncrona) • The Normal and Pathological Physiology of Brain Water (K. G. Go) Technical Standards: • Transfacial Approaches to the Skull Base (D. Uttley) • Presigmoid Approaches to Skull Base Lesions (M. T. Lawton, C. P. Daspit, R. F. Spetzler) • Anterior Approaches to Non-Traumatic Lesions of the Thoracic Spine (A. Monteiro Trindade, J. Lobo Antunes) • The Far Lateral Approach to Lumbar Disc Herniations (F. Porchet, H. Fankhauser, N. de Tribolet)