Neurointerventional Radiology is a medical specialty dedicated to the treatment of vascular disease involving the central nervous
system (CNS) using the latest minimally-invasive technologies. It
provides a full spectrum of minimally invasive services focused on
diagnosing and treating vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
In the past, certain conditions that would have required open surgery such as aneurysms, carotid artery disease, vascular malformations, and
tumors of the head, brain, neck, and spine can now be considered for a
minimally invasive treatment using a Neurointerventional approaches to
resolve the problem. Neurointerventional procedures now also allow the
treatment of previously untreatable or surgically difficult conditions.
Who is a Neurointerventionalist?
A neurointerventionalist is a doctor who is specially trained in neurovascular diseases and imaging. A neurointerventionalist specializes
in treating conditions through minimally invasive methods.
What are the types of Neurointerventional procedures.
- Ischemic stroke treatment
- Cerebral aneurysms
- Treatment of brain lesions
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Vascular malformations
- Vertebroplasty
- Tumors of the head and neck
Why interventional neurology? Interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists began finding that vascular conditions
required an endovascular treatment. For example, carotid stenosis –
like that found in stroke and aneurism – can be treated with an
endovascular approach.
A neurovascular interventionist is a new subspecialty of neurosurgery, responding to the need of vascular interventions being
done in the neck and above, as is the case with treatment for CCSVI.
Interventional neurosurgery is a new sub-specialty that expands treatment options to patients with central nervous vascular conditions.
At Angeles Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, Dr. Jorge Luna, Interventaional Cardiologist is joined by Dr. Daniel Morales, Neurosurgeon, Interventional neurologist to head the CCSVI team.
As Dr. Luna always says “two different points of view of the same problem will always yield more information”.