Overview: Three topics of major interest for neursurgeons are coveredin this volumeof the Advances in Neurosurgery series, asthe title suggests. First, neurosurgical standards ofdiagnosis and treatment are viewed from severalpoints ofview, including the legal one. Second, the many aspects ofaneurysm surgery are dealt with: timing and grading,monitoringduring the operation, postoperative vasospasm,Doppler sonography and new research in subarachnoidhemorrhage. Third, the diagnosis and treatment ofmalignantgliomas are discussed; there are preliminary reportsoninterstitial laser-assisted thermal t
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