Part I: Historical Aspects of Neurosurgery.Part II: Clinical Examination of the Nervous System and Correlative Neuroanatomy.Part III: Ancillary Diagnostic Tests.Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination.Electrodiagnostic Tests.Some Newly Evolving Neurodiagnostic Tests.Brain Biopsy.Part IV: General and Perioperative Care.Part V: Neurosurgical and Related Techniques.Part VI: Neuro-Oncology.Neuro-Oncology: An Overview.Gliomas.Metastatic Brain Tumors.Meningiomas.Dermoid and Epidermoid Tumors.Tumors in the Region of the Pineal Gland.Cerebello-Pontine Angle Tumors.Posterior Fossa Tumors.Sellar and Parasellar Tumors.Third Ventricular Tumors.Tumors of the Orbit.Tumors of the Scalp and Skull.Miscellaneous Intracranial Tumors.Spinal Tumors.Adjunctive Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors.Part VII: Vascular Diseases of the Nervous System.Occlusive Cerebrovascular Disease.Intracranial Aneurysms.Vascular Malformations and Fistulas.Hypertension.Coagulopathies and Vasculopathies.Part VIII: Trauma.Cranial Trauma.Spinal Trauma.Part IX: Disorders of the Peripheral and Cranial Nerves and the Autonomic Nervous System.Entrapment Neuropathies.Acute Nerve Injuries.Nerve Tumors.Neurovascular Compression Syndromes.Miscellaneous.Part X: Infections.Bacterial Infections.Viral Infections.Fungal and Parasitic Infections.Part XI: Developmental Anomalies and Neurosurgical Diseases of Childhood.Part XII: Intervertebral Disc Disease and Selected Spinal Disorders.Part XIII: Pain.Basic Science.Clinical Evaluation.Certain Specific Pain Syndromes.Management of Chronic Intractable Pain.Electrical Stimulation.Ablative Procedures.Part XIV: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.Part XV: Miscellaneous.Issues of Medical Practice.Commonly Used Drugs in Neurological Surgery.Range of Values for Commonly Performed Laboratory Tests.Criteria.