title: Endovascular operating suite: future directions for treating neurovascular disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate initial experiences in a surgical operating room (OR) with a multipurpose angiography unit, which offers integrated neurosurgical and radiological capabilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  A specially designed biplane digital subtraction (DS) angiography system was installed in the neurosurgery OR. The new suite, which allows three-dimensional DS angiography with C-arm for computerized tomography and microsurgery capabilities, allows the neurosurgeon to perform a wide range of neurosurgical and endovascular procedures. Three hundred thirty-two procedures were performed in the endovascular OR between November 2003 and March 2005. Patients arriving in the emergency department were transferred to the endovascular OR without delay. The neurovascular team performed diagnostic angiography followed by endovascular interventional procedures or surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The newly designed endovascular OR facilitates safe and systemic treatment of neurovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery and Emergency Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ymurayama@jikei.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saguchi
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebara
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Koreaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Onoue
authors.forename: Takeki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome