Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

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.

Advances: ? Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Intracranial Tumours and Vascular Malformations (E.-O. Backlund) ? Infection in Neurosurgery (J. Klastersky, L. Kahan-Coppens, J. Brihaye) ? Spasticity-Clinical Classification and Surgical Treatment (C. Gros) Technical Standards: ? Surgical Approaches to the Sphenoidal and Clival Areas (P. J. Derome and G. Guiot in co-operation with B. Georges, M. Porta, A. Visot, S. Balagura) ? Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (R. Braakman) ? Tumours of the Posterior Part of the Third Ventricle: Neurosurgical Criteria (F. Isamat)