1;Foreword I;6 2;Foreword II;8 3;Preface I;9 4;Preface II;11 5;Contents;12 6;List of Contributors;14 7;Madjid Samii's Curriculum Vitae;17 7.1;Madjid Samii, M. D., Ph. D. Curriculum Vitae;18 8;Technologic Developments;24 8.1;The Virtual Operating Field - How Image Guidance can Become Integral to Microneurosurgery;25 8.2;Potential and Limitations of Chronic High- Frequency Deep- Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease;35 8.3;Proliferation Behaviour of Meningiomas;41 8.4;Neural Transplantation and Restoration of Motor Behaviour in Parkinson' s Disease;49 8.5;Preservation and Restitution of Auditory Function in Neurofibromatosis Type 2;63 8.6;Restoration of Locomotion in Post- traumatic Paraplegics: The Neurosurgeon's Personal View;72 9;Skull Base;80 9.1;Surgery of Olfactory Groove Meningiomas;81 9.2;Preservation of the Olfactory Tract in Bifrontal Craniotomy;88 9.3;Treatment of Meningiomas Involving the Optic Nerve Sheath;93 9.4;Surgical Management of Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas;100 9.5;Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas;108 9.6;Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas;118 9.7;Petroclival Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Results;130 9.8;Retrosigmoid Approach to the Posterior and Middle Fossae;145 9.9;The Surgical Management of Trigeminal Schwannomas;162 9.10;Facial Nerve Schwannomas;172 9.11;Vestibular Schwannoma: Current State of the Art;182 9.12;Functional Microsurgery of Vestibular Schwannomas;195 9.13;Surgery of Large and Giant Residual/ Recurrent Vestibular Schwannomas;210 9.14;Arachnoid Cysts of the Posterior Fossa;219 9.15;Facial and Cochlear Nerve Function After Surgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas;225 9.16;Jugular Foramen Tumors - Diagnosis and Management;235 10;Specific Surgical Management;250 10.1;Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Hydrocephalus;251 10.2;Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome;261 10.3;Dysfunctional Segmental Motion and Discogenic Lumbar Pain. From Fusion to Disc Replacement;270 10.4;Managing the Degenerative Cervical Spine: The Role of Interbody Fusion and Motion- Preserving Techniques;277 10.5;Surgical Reconstruction of Musculocutaneous Nerves in Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries;283 10.6;Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes of the Lower Extremity;291 10.7;Hypoglossal- Facial Nerve Anastomosis;297 10.8;Facial Pain - Diagnosis and Therapy;306 10.9;Epilepsy Surgery;313 10.10;Bypass and Vascular Reconstruction for Anterior Circulation Aneurysms;326 10.11;Cerebral Bypass and Vascular Reconstructions for Posterior Circulation Aneurysms;349 11;Subject Index;371