Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, Vol. 33Nejat Akalan, C. Di Rocco, Vinko V. Dolenc, J. Lobo Antunes, J. J. A. Mooij, J. Schramm, Marc Sindou This series 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 descriptions 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. |
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Conclusions | 22 |
Tumorbiology and current treatment of skullbase chordomas M N PAMIR | 35 |
Genetics and molecular biology | 41 |
Clinical manifestations and natural course of disease | 67 |
Surgical treatment | 80 |
Radiotherapy | 99 |
of the foramen magnum | 182 |
Conclusions | 190 |
Management of brachial plexus injuries G BLAAUW1 R S MUHLIG2 and J | 201 |
Special investigations | 210 |
Secondary surgical techniques | 220 |
Pain following traumatic brachial plexus injury | 225 |
Surgical anatomy of the jugular foramen P H ROCHE1 P MERCIER2 | 232 |
The approaches to the region of the jugular foramen | 248 |
Chemotherapy | 107 |
current | 130 |
positional and functional | 137 |
the evolving | 149 |
Instruments and tools for extended approaches | 164 |
Cases illustration | 258 |
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