In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care discussed recent trends at the 2nd Swiss Japanese Joint Conference on Cerebral Stroke Surgery, held in Zurich, Switzerland. New concepts were worked out during the conference and are published in this volume. The book starts with the topic intracranial aneurysms, discussing microsurgical and endovascular treatment modalities, as well as new surgical approaches. Further chapters deal with the management of unruptured aneurysms and with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Practical guidelines for vasospasm treatment are given. Together with contributions about arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, cerebral revascularization techniques and surgery related to the intracranial venous system a comprehensive overview about stroke surgery is given with an interdisciplinary approach. The book will be of interest for all specialists involved in therapy of cerebrovascular disease.
In the last years progress has been made in stroke
treatment. In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery,
neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care
discussed recent trends at the 2nd Swiss Japanese Joint
Conference on Cerebral Stroke Surgery held in Zurich,
Switzerland. Prof. Dr. Y. Yonekawa, Zurich and Prof.
D. Y. Sakurai, Sendai were the presidents of the conference.
New concepts were worked out during the
conference and are published in this volume. The book
starts with the topic intracranial aneurysms, discussing
microsurgical and endovascular treatment modalities,
as well as new surgical approaches. Further chapters
deal with the management of unruptured aneurysms
and with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Practical guidelines
for vasospasm treatment are given. Together with
contributions about arteriovenous malformations and
fistulas, cerebral revascularization techniques and surgery
related to the intracranial venous system a comprehensive
overview about stroke surgery is given with
an interdisciplinary approach. The book should be of
interest for all specialists involved in therapy of cerebrovascular
disease. The editors extend their gratitude
to the many contributors and to all those who participated
in the conference. Publication of the proceedings
is partially supported by Research Fund for Cardiovascular
diseases from Japanese Ministry of Health,
Labour and Welfare; Assessment of the quality of
medical care in cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases
and the principal national hospitals.
