1. Preface

   • H. A. M. van Alphen

   EditorialNotes Pages: 5 - 5

2. The future role of neurosurgery in medicine

   • Willem Luyendijk

   Introduction Pages: 7 - 12

3. The future role of neurosurgery in the care of cerebral tumors

   • Keiji Sano

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 13 - 22

4. Present status and future role of surgery for malignant supratentorial gliomas

   • John Garfield

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 23 - 25

5. The future of chemotherapy in malignant brain tumors

   • Luc Calliauw
   • G. Sieben

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 27 - 30

6. Immunobiology of brain tumors

   • Edmund Frank
   • Nicolas de Tribolet

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 31 - 37

7. Management of medulloblastoma in children, a multidisciplinary problem

   • Gijs Broere

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 39 - 42

8. The role of CT and NMRI in neurosurgical diagnosis

   • Jaap Valk

   Cerebral tumors Pages: 43 - 47

9. The future role of neurosurgery in the case of vascular diseases of the central nervous system

   • Hans Werner Pia

   Vascular diseases of the central nervous system Pages: 51 - 70

10. Vasospasm and the timing of aneurysm surgery; have we progressed?

    • Eugene S. Flamm

    Vascular diseases of the central nervous system Pages: 71 - 76

11. Intraoperative embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations

    • H. August
    • M. van Alphen

    Vascular diseases of the central nervous system Pages: 77 - 86

12. The future role of neurosurgery in the care of spinal disorders

    • Henk Verbiest

    Spinal disorders Pages: 89 - 98

13. Specificity of CT myelographic findings in cervical nerve root symptoms

    • Lourens Penning
    • Jan T. Wilmink

    Spinal disorders Pages: 99 - 101

14. Sciatica — management by chemonucleolysis versus surgical discectomy

    • Francis E. LeBlanc

    Spinal disorders Pages: 103 - 107

15. Different operative possibilities for treatment of lumbar disc herniations — how to choose the best method for the individual patient

    • Friedrich Loew

    Spinal disorders Pages: 109 - 111

16. The role of the pulsatile pressure variations in intracranial pressure monitoring

    • Cees J. J. Avezaat
    • John H. M. van Eijndhoven

    Intracranial pressure Pages: 113 - 120

17. Migraine, a result of increased CSF pressure: A new pathophysiological concept (preliminary report)

    • H. August M. van Alphen

    Intracranial pressure Pages: 121 - 124

18. Quantitative radio-isotope cisternography for the investigation of CSF circulation in the posterior fossa and basal cisterns — a preliminary report

    • John G. Wolbers
    • Pieter van Halderen
    • H. August M. van Alphen

    Intracranial pressure Pages: 125 - 128

19. The future role of neurosurgery in the care of head injuries

    • Bryan Jennett

    Traumatic disorders of the nervous system Pages: 129 - 133

20. Minor, moderate and severe head injury

    • J. Douglas Miller

    Traumatic disorders of the nervous system Pages: 135 - 139

21. The value of more aggressive management in traumatic paraplegia

    • Reinder Braakman

    Traumatic disorders of the nervous system Pages: 141 - 147

22. Contemporary treatment of peripheral nerve and brachial plexus lesions

    • Vinko V. Dolenc

    Traumatic disorders of the nervous system Pages: 149 - 156

23. The future of neurosurgery — general reflections on the methodological approach to the subject

    • Henk Verbiest

    Essay Pages: 157 - 168