As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the Euro pean Association of Neurosurgical Societies. 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 publication 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. In the second part of each volume, we publish detailed descriptions of standard operative procedures, furnished by experienced clinicians; in these articles the authors describe the techniques they employ and explain the advantages, difficulties and risks involved in the various procedures. This part is intended primarily to assist young neurosurgeons in their postgraduate training. However, we are convinced that it will also be useful to experienced, fully trained neurosurgeons.
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A. Advances.- Meningiomas of Basal Posterior Cranial Fossa..- Historical Background.- Incidence.- Clinical Material.- Cerebrospinal Fluid.- Plain Skull Roentgenograms.- Angiography.- Tumor Vascular Supply.- Positive Contrast Meato-Cisternography.- Air Encephalography.- Isotope Scanning.- CT Scan.- Eighth Nerve function.- Evoked Response.- Differential Diagnosis.- Radiotherapy.- Shunting.- Classification of Clivus Meningiomas.- Operative Approaches to the Clivus and to Clivus Meningiomas.- Surgery of Clivus Meningiomas.- Surgical and Pathological Anatomy of Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas.- Surgical Technique.- Surgery of Foramen Magnum Meningiomas.- Operative Mortality - Clivus Meningiomas.- Operative Mortality - Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas.- Postoperative Facial Pain.- Facial and Cochlear Nerves.- Postoperative Complications.- Conclusion.- Summary.- Acknowledgments.- References.- B. Technical Standards.- 1. Technique of Transsphenoidal Operation for Pituitary Adenomas..- 1. Introduction.- 2. History of Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery.- 2.1. General Remarks.- 2.2. Superior Nasal Operations.- 2.3. Inferior Nasal Operations.- 2.4. Transpalatal Operation.- 2.5. Extra-Axial Operations.- 3. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Different Operative Methods.- 4. Surgical Anatomy of the Sella turcica.- 5. Technique of the Sublabial, Transseptal, Transsphenoidal Operation.- 6. Postoperative Treatment.- 6.1. Fluids, Endocrine Substitution and Antibiotics.- 6.2. Radiotherapy.- 6.3. Antisecretory Drugs.- Acknowledgement.- References.- 2. Surgical Treatment of Facial Nerve Paralysis: Longterm Results.- a)Extratemporal Surgery of the Facial Nerve - Palliative Surgery..- 1. Temporary Measures to Avoid Damage.- 2. Restoration of Continuity.- 3. Neurotization by Nerve Transfer.- 4. Muscle Transplantation.- 5. Muscle Transposition.- 6. Static Correction.- 7. Additional Operations.- 8. Moebius Syndrome.- 9. Summary.- 10. Conclusion.- References.- b) Intracranial Surgical Repair of the Facial Nerve.- Historical Notes.- Indications and Techniques of Facial Repair.- Results.- Summary.- References.- c) Management of Intratemporal Facial Palsy..- Electrodiagnosis.- Topographic Diagnosis.- Intraoperative Evoked Electromyography-IEEMG.- Management of Intratemporal Facial Paralysis.- Trauma.- Idiopathic (Bell's) Palsy.- Herpes zoster oticus.- Acute and Chronic Otitis media.- Tumors.- Special Problems.- Conclusions and Results.- References.- Author Index.