Acute neurointerventional therapies.
In the past two decades, minimally invasive neurointerventional therapies have become the standard of care for a variety of neurologic diseases. This article reviews some of the principal areas in which these techniques can be applied successfully in acute emergencies of the brain, head, and neck.
UCSF Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, L-352, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. steven.hetts@radiology.ucsf.edu
Steven W
SW
Hetts
Joey D
JD
English
D000208:Acute Disease; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery