Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 177-187, September 2008

Current Status of Interventional Neuroradiology (Neurointerventional Surgery)

  • Hon-Man Liu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 20 September 2007; received in revised form 9 October 2007; accepted 1 November 2007.

Abstract 

This article provides an overview of different neurointerventional procedures by reviewing important papers relevant to neurovascular disease and the latest concept of endovascular treatment. The focus was on studies that dealt with cerebral aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, direct carotidcavernous fistula, dural arteriovenous fistula, intracranial atherosclerosis, and acute symptomatic intracranial arterial occlusion. Studies on extracranial atherosclerosis and other nonvascular part were excluded. Interventional neuroradiology is a well-developed subspecialty that mainly treats neurovascular disease in a less invasive way. Advances in new technology and knowledge will make it an important method to treat different disorders in future.

Keywords:  Aneurysm , Arteriovenous malformation , Fistulae , Interventional , Intracranial atherosclerosis

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60033-6

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60033-6

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 177-187, September 2008