Published October, 2009
By Z. Czernicki, Alexander Baethmann, Umeo Ito, Yoichi Katayama, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, D. Mendelow, Zbigniew Czernicki and Alexander David Mendelow
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The XIV International Symposium on Brain Edema and Brain Tissue Injury took place in Warsaw, Poland, on 11-14 June 2008. Two prominent members of the International Society for Brain Edema: Dr. Igor Klatzo and Dr. Julien Hoff have passed away after the last 2005 Symposium in Ann Arbor, USA.

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Published January, 2009
By Geoffrey A. Manley, 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 November, 2008
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 June, 2008
By Wen-Ta Chiu, Ming-Chien Kao, Ching-Chang Hung, Shinn-Zong Lin, Han-Jung Chen, Simon F.T. Tang, Barry Hoffer, 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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Published March, 2008
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 March, 2008
By Talat Kiris and John H. Zhang
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This comprehensive volume is the current final word on the subject. Several new subjects are proposed for future research that will not only promote research from neurosurgery and neurology but also from other interconnecting fields of emergency medicine, electrophysiology, molecular biology, and vascular biology.

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Published October, 2007
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 April, 2007
By Damianos E. Sakas and Brian A. Simpson
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It describes the techniques and procedures applied by direct contact with the central nervous system or cranial nerves (in order to modulate the function of neural networks) or in deeply located structures inside the nervous system (in order to alter the function on specific networks).

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Published April, 2007
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 November, 2006
By Yoichi Katayama, Jin Woo Chang and Takamitsu Yamamoto
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Neurorehabilitation together with functional neurosurgery are steadily growing fields. In order to encapsulate such concepts, the fourth official scientific meeting of the Neurorehabilitation and Reconstructive Neurosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) was held in Seoul.

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