Main description:

Interventional radiology has seen a dramatic increase in the number of minimally invasive therapies performed. Interventional radiology treatments now play a major role in many disease processes and continues to grow with new procedures added to the armamentarium of the interventional radiologist, almost on a yearly basis. There are many textbooks which are disease specific, which incorporate interventional radiology techniques. These books are important to understand the natural history, epidemiology, pathophysiology and diagnosis of disease processes. However, a detailed handbook that describes the technique of performing the various interventional radiology procedures is a useful addition to have in the Cath Lab, where information can be accessed easily before, during or even after a case.

This technique-specific book is primarily of benefit to those in training in general radiology and more specifically for Residents and Fellows who are training in interventional radiology and who may be taking subspeciality certificate examinations in interventional radiology. In addition, this book will be of help to most practicing interventional radiologists, be they be in academic or private practice. This is the kind of book that can be left in the interventional lab and will be of benefit to ancillary staff, such as technicians/radiographers or nurses who are specialising in the care of patients referred to interventional radiology.

This volume on neurointervention will enhance the series by expounding on the specific techniques required when working on conditions of the head, neck and spine.

Contents:

Section I. Basic Skills.- 1. Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography and Groin Access and Closure.- 2. Diagnostic Spinal Angiography.- 3. Vascular Access: Guide Catheter Selection, Usage and Compatibilty.- Section II. Aneurysm Treatment.- 4. Basic Principles and Simple Techniques.- 5. Balloon Remodelling.- 6. Flow Diverting Stents in the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms.- 7. Parent Artery Sacrifice.- 8. Complications of Aneurysm Coiling.- 9. Avoidance and Treatment of Vasospasm.- Section III. Intracranial Embolization.- 10. Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.- 11. Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas.- 12. Endovascular Management of Direct Carotid-Cavernous Fistula.- Section IV: Spinal Embolization.- 13. Type I: Dural Arteriovenous Fistula.- Section V. Intra-Arterial Therapy in Acute Ischaemic Stroke.- 14. Acute Stroke: Mechanical Thrombectomy.- Section VI. Angioplasty and Stenting of Arterial Stenosis.- 15. Vertebral Artery Angioplasty/Stenting.- Section VII. Venous Procedures.- 16. Cerebral Venography/Venous Pressure Monitoring/Venous Stenting.- 17. Inferior Petrosal Venous Sinus Sampling.- 18. Intracranial Venous Thrombolysis/Mechanical Thrombectomy.- Section VIII. Interventional Neuro-Oncology.- 19. Percutaneous Treatment of Venolymphatic Malformations, Extracranial AV Malformations, and Tumors of the Head and Neck using Particles, Alcohol, and Other Sclerosants.- 20. Retinoblastoma Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy.- Section IX. Spine Intervention.- 21. Vertebral Body Augmentation.- 22. Disk Interventions: Oxygen-Ozono (O2-O3).- 23. Percutaneous Spinal Analgesic Injections: Nerve Epidural and Neural Foraminal/Facet Joint.- 24. Periprocedural Anaesthetic Care for Interventional Neuroradiological Procedures.