Proceedings of the 8th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Barcelona, September 6–11, 1987 Volume 2 Spinal Cord and Spine Pathologies Basic Research in Neurosurgery

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