Main description:

Unique neurointerventional surgery resource analyzes landmark literature to inform optimal patient management

The field of neurointerventional surgery is rapidly expanding with an ever-accelerating pace of technological innovations. While industry plays a significant role in designing new technology and defining indications for its use, practitioners need to evaluate and determine the most efficacious treatments for their patients. Neurointerventional Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach by renowned endovascular neurosurgeons Min Park, M. Yashar S. Kalani, and Michael F. Stiefel examines the most common disease states in neurointerventional surgery through a critical lens. The unique text leverages evidenced-based data to inform treatment decisions and improve patient outcomes.

The text is organized by 5 sections and 32 chapters, including the latest state-of-the-art interventions. Each of the chapters provides critical analysis of the "landmark papers" that established the foundation and standards for modern neurointerventional practice. An example is the rapidly changing understanding of large vessel occlusions in ischemic stroke that now strongly supports mechanical thrombectomy as a viable and important part of the treatment armamentarium.

Key Highlights

Contributions from internationally recognized leaders in academic neurointerventional surgery provide insightful and analytic perspectives
Encompasses the full continuum of neurointerventional procedures in one resource, from hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke to neoplasms and spine conditions
The reader-friendly structure and chapter formatting facilitates understanding of often complicated decision-making

The evidenced-based, multifaceted approach to neurointerventional surgery presented in this textbook makes it vital reading for residents, fellows, and practitioners in neurosurgery, as well as fellows in interventional neuroradiology and interventional neurology.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

Section I: Hemorrhagic Stroke

2 Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms

3 Treatment of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms

4 Mycotic Aneurysms: Incidence, Natural History, and Treatment Strategies

5 Traumatic Brain Aneurysms

6 Cerebral Vasospasm

7 Nonaneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

8 Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

9 Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas

10 Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

11 Vein of Galen Malformations

Section II: Ischemic Stroke

12 Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

13 Intracranial Atherosclerosis

14 Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis

15 Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

16 Carotid Dissection

17 Vertebral Artery Origin Stenosis

18 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

Section III: Neurointerventional Oncology

19 Meningioma Embolization

20 Paraganglioma Embolization

21 Retinoblastoma

22 Intra-arterial Chemotherapy

23 Spinal Metastases Embolization

Section IV: Miscellaneous

24 Balloon Test Occlusions

25 Wada and Selective Wada Tests

26 Venous Sinus Stenting for Intracranial Hypertension

27 Epistaxis

28 Venolymphatic Malformations of the Head and Neck

29 Chronic Subdural Hematoma Embolization

Section V: Spine Interventions

30 Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas and Malformations

31 Vertebro/Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Fractures

32 Vertebro/Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spine Fractures