The 17th volume of the "Advances in Neurosurgery" contains a selection of the scientific reports of the 39th annual meeting of the German Society for Neurosurgery, which was held in Cologne from May 8-11, 1988. The first section deals in particular with the , as well as with problems of the acute traumatic hematomas and brain edema. The second section covers . Attention is focused on the anatomy and operative technique for lesions in and around the and the craniospinal transition. The third section describes the special new results of . Beyond this, numerous contributions on clinical and research results were presented in a poster exhibition which was systematically studied in order to give younger neurosurgeons the opportunity for extensive discussion. The volume contains new information which will bring specialists up-to-date on the latest clinical and research developments in the field.weiterlesen