Part of an annual series which explores advances in the field of neurosurgery, this volume features detailed descriptions of standard procedures, in order to assist young neurosurgeons with their postgraduate training.

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: R.D. Lobato: Post-traumatic Brain Swelling. - K.-F. Lindegaard, W. Sorteberg, and H. Nornes: Transcranial Doppler in Neurosurgery. - A.E. Harding: Clinical and Molecular Neurogenetics in Neurosurgery.Technical Standards: B. Williams: Surgery for Hindbrain Related Syringomyelia. - J.-F.Hirsch and E. Hoppe-Hirsch: Medulloblastoma. - F. Resche, J.P. Moisan, J. Mantoura, A.de Kersaint-Gilly, M.J. Andre, I. Perrin-Resche, D. Menegalli-Boggelli, Y. Lajat, and S. Richard: Haemangioblastoma, Haemangioblastomatosis, and von Hippel-Lindau Disease.