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Text: Thirty patients subjected to craniotomy for supratentorial cerebral tumors were randomly divided in to three Groups : M : had mannitol 0. 5 g. kg-1 as bolus at the start of skin incision, and postoperatively 0. 5 g. kg-1 daily three times a day for 3 days (72 hrs) ; HM : had mannitol 0. 25 g. kg-1 as bolus at the start of skin incision plus 3 % HTS, 20 ml. h-1 intraoperatively and mannitol 0. 25 g. kg-1 daily three times a day for 3 days plus HTS in the concentration of 3 % in the first day and 2 % and 1 % the second and the third day after surgery ; H : had 3 % HTS 3. 5 ml kg-1 as bolus at the start of skin incision plus 3 % HTS, 20 ml hr-1 intraoperatively and 3 % HTS, 20 ml h-1 on the first day and 2 % and 1 % the second and the third day after surgery.