Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery Vol. 32 (Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery, 32)

This series, sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, 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. All the contributions are written by experienced clinicians and each one is reviewed by all members of the Editorial Board to ensure maximum clinical relevance. AsanadditiontotheEuropeanpostgraduatetrainingsystemforyoung neurosurgeons, we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the EuropeanAssociationofNeurosurgicalSocieties. Thisseries was?rst discussedin 1972at acombined meeting of the Italian and German Neurosurgical Societies in Taormina, the founding fathersoftheseriesbeingJeanBrihaye, BernardPertuiset, FritzLoewand HugoKrayenbuhl. ThuswereestablishedtheprinciplesofEuropean- operationwhichhavebeenbornfromtheEuropeanspirit,?ourishedin theEuropeanAssociation, andhavebeenassociatedthroughoutwiththis series. ThefactthattheEnglishlanguageisnowtheinternationalmediumfor communicationatEuropeanscienti?cconferencesisagreatassetinterms ofmutualunderstanding. Thereforewehavedecidedtopublishallcont- butionsinEnglish, regardlessofthenativelanguageoftheauthors Front Matter....Pages I-XV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The transition from child to adult in neurosurgery....Pages 3-24 Conflicts of interest in medical practice....Pages 25-39 Neurosurgical treatment of perineal neuralgias....Pages 41-59 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Spinal cord stimulation for ischemic heart disease and peripheral vascular disease....Pages 63-89 Surgical anatomy of the petrous apex and petroclival region....Pages 91-146 Percutaneous destructive pain procedures on the upper spinal cord and brain stem in cancer pain: CT-guided techniques, indications and results....Pages 147-173 Carpal tunnel syndrome — a comprehensive review....Pages 175-249 Back Matter....Pages 251-267 Targeted at clinicians and residents, this series has already become a classic, with one volume published each 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 have been written by experienced clinicians and are reviewed by all members of the editorial board.