What Is Cerebrovascular Surgery?
In the area of Cerebrovascular disease, which includes BRAIN ANEURYSMS, ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS and BLOCKED ARTERIES, neurosurgeons are teaming up with interventional radiologists to use Endovascular (within-the-artery) procedures to treat disorders of the arteries and veins of the brain by filling them with glue and coils or by neutralizing them with stents, balloons and flow-diverting devices.
Several impressive advancements in technology mean surgeons are now able to treat many disorders using precise mapping, with advanced imaging that make exposure and repair so accurate that often large surgical incisions required in years past are avoided. Many of disorders can now be treated from within the artery or vein itself with a tiny needle stick providing access.
