Brain Edema IX: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium Tokyo, May 16–19, 1993(60 Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement)

The first international symposium on brain edema was held in Vienna/ Austria in 1965 followed by altogether eight meetings since. The most recent was organized in Y okohama by the Department of Neurosurgery of the Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo. The continuing interest of both, clinicians and experimental scientists alike may be attributable to the fact that brain edema is a common denominator of many cerebral disorders, which under acute conditions threatens life and weIl-being of afflicted patients. Although progress in understanding as weIl as treatment can be recognized since 1965 many problems remain, particularly concerning the control of brain edema under acute conditions, as in trauma or ischemia. A quantum leap was the distinction of the cytotoxic and vasogenic brain edema prototypes as advanced by Igor Klatzo, providing for transition from a morphological to functional understanding now. The recent brain edema meetings were certainly benefiting from developments of both, molecular neurobiology on the one hand side and functional brain imaging at an ever-increasing resolution on the other, such as magnetic resonance imaging orpositron emission tomography. The international symposium in San Diego 1996 may witness further breakthroughs, hopefully also of effective treatment modalities. The symposium in Y okohama was dedicated to the "Legacy of 28 Years of Brain Edema Research" as a reminder of accomplishments as weIl as remaining challenges.

Table of Contents:
Cell Swelling and Cell Damage in vivo and in vitro.- Mediator Mechanisms in Vasogenic and Cytotoxic Brain Edema.- Blood-Brain Barrier Function.- Formation, Propagation and Resolution of Brain Edema.- Ischemie Brain Edema: Pathophysiology and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- Ischemic Brain Edema: Pathobiochemistry and Brain Edema.- Ischemic Brain Edema: Treatment.- Tumor and Brain Edema: Pathophysiology, Laboratory Studies.- Tumor and Brain Edema: Pathophysiology, Clinical Studies.- Tumor and Brain Edema: Treatment.- Traumatic Brain Edema: Pathophysiology, Laboratory Studies.- Traumatic Brain Edema: Pathophysiology, Clinical Studies.- Traumatic Brain Edema: Treatment.- Intracerebral Hematoma and Various Edema Pathophysiology.- Author Index.