What's new in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease?: an endovascular perspective.
Surgical therapy currently allows for the correction of many pathologic conditions affecting the vasculature of the central nervous system. Recent advances in technology have given the cerebrovascular specialist further options in the minimally invasive sphere. Endovascular techniques, complimentary to surgery in some conditions, are poised to replace conventional open surgery in others. A review of current interventional radiological procedures for the treatment and prevention of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke are herewith presented.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA. iross@neurosurgery.umsmed.edu
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015607:Stents