Published November, 2010
By Hanno Millesi and Robert Schmidhammer
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All over the world research is going on to improve the outcome of the treatment of peripheral nerve lesions. Yet, there exist many questions, such as: Is the autologeous nerve grafting still the golden standard in bridging defects? Have alternative techniques to overcome defects reached a level to replace autografting?

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Published November, 2010
By M. Necmettin Pamir, Talat Kiris and Volker Seifert
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Intraoperative imaging technologies have taken an ever-increasing role in the daily practice of neurosurgeons and the increasing attention and interest necessitated international interaction and collaboration.

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Published October, 2010
By Tetsuya Tsukahara, Anton Valavanis, Yasuhiro Yonekawa and Nadia Khan
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What is arterial dissection? What is Moyamoya angiopathy? What is the state-of-the-art of AVM treatment? Readers will find answers to these questions in this book. They will also be informed about the state-of-the-art treatment in the daily stroke therapy.

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Published October, 2010
By Yoichi Katayama, John D. Pickard, Wai S. Poon, Cees J.J. Avezaat, Matthew Chan, Marek Czosnyka, Keith Goh, Peter J.A. Hutchinson, J.M.K. Lam, Anthony Marmarou and S.C.P. Ng
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88 short papers originating from the 12th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring held in August 2004 in Hong Kong present experimental as well as clinical research data on invasive and non-invasive intracranial pressure and brain biochemistry monitoring.

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Published October, 2010
By Richard F. Keep, Ya Hua, Guohua Xi, Liang-Fu Zhou, Xian-Cheng Chen, Feng-Ping Huang, Yi-Cheng Lu and Karin Muraszko
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Cerebral hemorrhage is a common and often fatal subtype of stroke. while in the past it has received relatively little attention compared to ischemic stroke, there have been major advances in our understanding of this devastating form of stroke. The papers by world experts cover the field from molecular biology to clinical trials.

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Published October, 2010
By Claude Hemphill, Shirley Stiver and Geoffrey Manley
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86 short papers originating from the 13th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring held in July 2007 in San Francisco present experimental as well as clinical research data on invasive and non-invasive intracranial pressure and brain biochemistry monitoring.

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Published October, 2010
By Klaus R.H.von Wild, G.A. Brunelli, Klaus R.H. Wild, Klaus Wild and Klaus von Wild
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Published October, 2010
By Damianos E. Sakas, Brian A. Simpson, Elliot S. Krames and Brian Simpson
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It describes techniques and procedures applied in internal contact with non-neural tissues surrounding the nervous system (dura or cerebrospinal fluid), as in the case of epidural stimulation for pain or intrathecal drug application for the treatment of spasticity and pain.

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Published October, 2010
By Richard F. Keep, Ya Hua, Guohua Xi and Julian T. Hoff
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This volume contains 93 papers from internationally recognized experts in the field of brain edema and brain injury. The papers include human and animal studies on edema following stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and hydrocephalus.

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Published October, 2010
By Wen-Ta Chiu, Ming-Chien Kao, Ching-Chang Hung, Shinn-Zong Lin, Han-Jung Chen, Simon F.T. Tang, Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Barry J. Hoffer and Simon F. T. Tang
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International experts present in this volume advances in reconstructive neurosurgery focusing on the fields of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disorders. The highlights include building an international strategy for risk reduction.

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