Interventional neuroradiology in the community hospital.
The active participation of the neuroradiologist in the therapy of neurosurgical patients is a concept with which many neurosurgeons as well as many radiologists are uneasy. Interventionally oriented radiologists have much to offer the neurosurgeon who accepts the radiologist as a partner in the management of patients with difficult problems. Technological advances in imaging, in guidewire and catheter design, and experience gained by radiologists and neurosurgeons have led to a number of therapeutic advances. We present several illustrative examples.
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008576:Meningeal Arteries; D008579:Meningioma / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged