title: Alfred J Luessenhop and the dawn of a new superspecialty: endovascular neurosurgery.
abstract: Endovascular neurosurgery, or interventional neuroradiology, has developed rapidly over the last 50 years and has posed a challenge to the established mode of open surgery. Alfred J Luessenhop, an American neurosurgeon, is credited with the first embolization of a cranial arteriovenous malformation and the first intracranial arterial catheterization to occlude an aneurysm. This review describes the life and work of the surgeon who can be regarded as the father of endovascular neurosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Tanmoy Kumar
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Shyamal Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Papireddy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bollam
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Aneurysm; Arteriovenous Malformation; Catheter; History; Intervention