Presents fields of neurosurgery and related areas in which important recent progress has been made. This book features detailed descript of standard procedures to assist young neurosurgeons in their post-graduate 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: Multiple Subpial Transection (C. E. Polkey)
Hemispheric Disconnection: Callosotomy and Hemispherotomy (J.-G. Villemure, O. Vernet, O. Delalande)
Central Nervous System Lymphomas (H. Loiseau, E. Cuny, A. Vital, F. Cohadon)
Invited Commentary: Treatment of Diseases of the Central Nervous System Using Encapsulated Cells, by A. F. Hottinger and P. Aebischer (Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery Vol. 25) (A. E. Rosser, T. Ostenfeld, C. N. Svendsen).-Technical Standards: The Intracranial Venous System as a Neurosurgeon?s Perspective (M. Sindou, J. Auque)
Reconstructive Surgery of the Extracranial Arteries (R. Schmid-Elsasser, R. J. Medele, H.-J. Steiger)
Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis (P. W. Detwiler, R. W. Porter, P. P. Han, D. G. Karahalios, R. Masferrer, V. K. H. Sonntag).