1. The difference in the outcome of surgery for traumatic extradural hematoma between patients who are admitted directly to the neurosurgical unit and those referred from another hospital

   • Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230

2. Chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma —a well-defined disease. Report on two cases and review of the literature

   • Ralph Greiner-Perth
   • Uwe Neubauer
   • Holger Schenke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 238

3. Acute subdural hematoma: Outcome and outcome prediction

   • R. Kemal Koç
   • Hidayet Akdemir
   • Ahmet Menkü

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

4. Medulloblastoma: Survival and late recurrence after the Collins' risk period

   • Shunji Nishio
   • Takato Morioka
   • Masashi Fukui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 249

5. Comparison of microsuturing to the use of tissue adhesives in anastomosing sciatic nerve cuts in rats

   • Serap S. Inalöz
   • Hüseyin E. Ak
   • Ümit Özkan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 250 - 258

6. On the effect of calcium antagonists on cerebral blood flow in rats. A comparison of nimodipine and flunarizine

   • Matthias Zumkeller
   • Hans Egmont Heissler
   • Hermann Dietz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 268

7. Sarcoidosis en-plaque. Report of a case and review of the literature

   • Erol Taşdemiroglu
   • Mohammed Nazek
   • Mario Zuccarello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 273

8. Short-term lack of cerebral perfusion with good outcome. Advantages of early intracranial pressure monitoring

   • Frank Diesner
   • Dag Moskopp
   • Hansdetlef Wassmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 277

9. Traumatic aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery in an elderly patient

   • Takato Morioka
   • Hirotaka Takeshita
   • Masashi Fukui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 278 - 281

10. Multiple intracranial lipoma: A case report

    • Jutta Hädecke
    • Michael Buchfelder
    • Ulrich Schneyer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 282 - 287

11. Periventricular enhancement following intraoperative CT cisternography in a patient with Dandy-Walker syndrome. Case report

    • Torn Koyama
    • Hiroshi Okudera
    • Shigeaki Kobayashi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 288 - 290

12. Third ventricular glioblastoma multiforme: Case report

    • Thomas T. Lee
    • Glen R. Manzano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 294

13. Can sperm whales tell us how to protect the brain against hypoxia and increased intracranial pressure?

    • Dag Moskopp

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 295 - 295

14. Book reviews

    • K. Löffelholz
    • D. Voth

    BookReview Pages: 296 - 298

15. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 299 - 300