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 mo.

• Neurointerventional Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1 Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
• Section I Hemorrhagic Stroke
  • 2 Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms
    • 2.1 Goals
    • 2.2 Case Example
      • 2.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 2.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 2.2.3 Follow-up
    • 2.3 Case Summary
    • 2.4 Level of Evidence
    • 2.5 Landmark Papers
    • 2.6 Recommendations
    • 2.7 Summary
  • 3 Treatment of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms
    • 3.1 Goals
    • 3.2 Case Example
      • 3.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 3.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 3.2.3 Follow-up
    • 3.3 Case Summary
    • 3.4 Level of Evidence
    • 3.5 Landmark Papers
    • 3.6 Recommendations
    • 3.7 Future Directions
    • 3.8 Summary
  • 4 Mycotic Aneurysms: Incidence, Natural History, and Treatment Strategies
    • 4.1 Goals
    • 4.2 Case Example
      • 4.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 4.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 4.2.3 Follow-up
    • 4.3 Case Summary
    • 4.4 Level of Evidence
    • 4.5 Landmark Papers
    • 4.6 Recommendations
    • 4.7 Summary
  • 5 Traumatic Brain Aneurysms
    • 5.1 Goals
    • 5.2 Case Example
      • 5.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 5.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 5.2.3 Follow-up
    • 5.3 Case Summary
    • 5.4 Landmark Papers
    • 5.5 Recommendations
    • 5.6 Summary
  • 6 Cerebral Vasospasm
    • 6.1 Goals
    • 6.2 Case Example
      • 6.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 6.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 6.2.3 Follow-up
    • 6.3 Case Summary
    • 6.4 Level of Evidence
    • 6.5 Landmark Papers
    • 6.6 Recommendations
    • 6.7 Summary
  • 7 Nonaneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
    • 7.1 Goals
    • 7.2 Case Example
      • 7.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 7.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 7.2.3 Hospital Course
    • 7.3 Case Summary
    • 7.4 Level of Evidence
    • 7.5 Landmark Papers
    • 7.6 Recommendations
    • 7.7 Summary
  • 8 Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
    • 8.1 Goals
    • 8.2 Case Example
      • 8.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 8.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 8.2.3 Follow-up
    • 8.3 Case Summary
    • 8.4 Level of Evidence
    • 8.5 Hemorrhage Risk in Unruptured AVMs
      • 8.5.1 Natural History
      • 8.5.2 Predictors of Hemorrhage
    • 8.6 Management: Conservative versus Intervention
    • 8.7 Recommendations and Treatment Modalities
      • 8.7.1 Microsurgical Resection
      • 8.7.2 Endovascular Management
      • 8.7.3 Stereotactic Radiosurgery
    • 8.8 Summary
  • 9 Carotid-Cavernous Fistulas
    • 9.1 Goals
    • 9.2 Case Example
      • 9.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 9.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 9.2.3 Follow-up
    • 9.3 Case Summary
    • 9.4 Level of Evidence
    • 9.5 Landmark Papers
    • 9.6 Recommendations
    • 9.7 Summary
  • 10 Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
    • 10.1 Goals
    • 10.2 Case Example
      • 10.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 10.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 10.2.3 Follow-up
    • 10.3 Case Summary
    • 10.4 Level of Evidence
    • 10.5 Landmark Papers
    • 10.6 Recommendations
    • 10.7 Summary
  • 11 Vein of Galen Malformations
    • 11.1 Goals
    • 11.2 Case Example
      • 11.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 11.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 11.2.3 Follow-up
    • 11.3 Case Summary
    • 11.4 Level of Evidence
    • 11.5 Landmark Papers
    • 11.6 Recommendations
      • 11.6.1 Management by Age
    • 11.7 Summary
• Section II Ischemic Stroke
  • 12 Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke
    • 12.1 Goals
    • 12.2 Case Example
      • 12.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 12.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 12.2.3 Follow-up
    • 12.3 Case Summary
    • 12.4 Level of Evidence
    • 12.5 Landmark Papers
    • 12.6 Recommendations
    • 12.7 Summary
  • 13 Intracranial Atherosclerosis
    • 13.1 Goals
    • 13.2 Case Example
      • 13.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 13.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 13.2.3 Follow-up
    • 13.3 Case Summary
    • 13.4 Level of Evidence
    • 13.5 Landmark Papers
    • 13.6 Recommendations
    • 13.7 Summary
  • 14 Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis
    • 14.1 Goals
    • 14.2 Case Example
      • 14.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 14.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 14.2.3 Follow-up
    • 14.3 Case Summary
    • 14.4 Level of Evidence
    • 14.5 Landmark Papers
    • 14.6 Recommendations
    • 14.7 Summary
  • 15 Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
    • 15.1 Goals
    • 15.2 Case Example
      • 15.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 15.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 15.2.3 Follow-up
    • 15.3 Case Summary
    • 15.4 Level of Evidence
    • 15.5 Landmark Papers
      • 15.5.1 Natural History
      • 15.5.2 Endarterectomy versus Medical Therapy
      • 15.5.3 Endarterectomy versus Angioplasty and Stenting
    • 15.6 Recommendations
    • 15.7 Summary
  • 16 Carotid Dissection
    • 16.1 Goals
    • 16.2 Case Examples
      • 16.2.1 Case 1
      • 16.2.2 Case 2
    • 16.3 Level of Evidence and Recommendations
      • 16.3.1 Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection
      • 16.3.2 Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
    • 16.4 Landmark Papers
    • 16.5 Summary
  • 17 Vertebral Artery Origin Stenosis
    • 17.1 Goals
    • 17.2 Case Example
      • 17.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 17.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 17.2.3 Follow-up
    • 17.3 Case Summary
    • 17.4 Level of Evidence
    • 17.5 Landmark Papers
    • 17.6 Recommendations
    • 17.7 Summary
  • 18 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
    • 18.1 Goals
    • 18.2 Case Example
      • 18.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 18.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 18.2.3 Follow-up
    • 18.3 Case Summary
    • 18.4 Level of Evidence
      • 18.4.1 Patient Characteristics
      • 18.4.2 Work-up
      • 18.4.3 Treatment
      • 18.4.4 Follow-up
    • 18.5 Landmark Papers
    • 18.6 Recommendations
    • 18.7 Summary
• Section III Neurointerventional Oncology
  • 19 Meningioma Embolization
    • 19.1 Goals
    • 19.2 Case Example
      • 19.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 19.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 19.2.3 Follow-up
    • 19.3 Case Summary
    • 19.4 Level of Evidence
    • 19.5 Landmark Papers
    • 19.6 Recommendations
    • 19.7 Summary
  • 20 Paraganglioma Embolization
    • 20.1 Goals
    • 20.2 Case Example
      • 20.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 20.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 20.2.3 Follow-up
    • 20.3 Case Summary
    • 20.4 Level of Evidence
    • 20.5 Landmark Papers
    • 20.6 Recommendations
    • 20.7 Summary
  • 21 Retinoblastoma
    • 21.1 Goals
    • 21.2 Case Example
      • 21.2.1 History
      • 21.2.2 Clinical Course
    • 21.3 Case Summary
    • 21.4 Recommendations
      • 21.4.1 Endovascular Technique
      • 21.4.2 Medications
      • 21.4.3 Advantages
      • 21.4.4 Limitations
      • 21.4.5 Adverse Effects
    • 21.5 Landmark Papers
    • 21.6 Summary
    • 21.7 Conclusion
  • 22 Intra-arterial Chemotherapy
    • 22.1 Goals
    • 22.2 Case Example
      • 22.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 22.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 22.2.3 Follow-up
    • 22.3 Case Summary
      • 22.3.1 Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland
      • 22.3.2 Intracranial Gliomas
      • 22.3.3 Primary CNS Lymphoma
      • 22.3.4 Intracranial Metastases
      • 22.3.5 Squamous Cell of the Head and Neck
    • 22.4 Level of Evidence
    • 22.5 Landmark Papers
    • 22.6 Recommendations
    • 22.7 Summary
  • 23 Spinal Metastases Embolization
    • 23.1 Goals
    • 23.2 Case Example
      • 23.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 23.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 23.2.3 Follow-up
    • 23.3 Case Summary
    • 23.4 Level of Evidence
    • 23.5 Landmark Papers
    • 23.6 Recommendations
    • 23.7 Summary
• Section IV Miscellaneous
  • 24 Balloon Test Occlusions
    • 24.1 Goals
    • 24.2 Case Example 1
      • 24.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 24.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 24.2.3 Follow-up
    • 24.3 Case Example 2
      • 24.3.1 History of Present Illness
      • 24.3.2 Treatment Plan
      • 24.3.3 Follow-up
    • 24.4 Case Example 3
      • 24.4.1 History of Present Illness
      • 24.4.2 Treatment Plan
      • 24.4.3 Follow-up
    • 24.5 Level of Evidence
    • 24.6 Case Summaries
    • 24.7 Landmark Papers
    • 24.8 Recommendations
    • 24.9 Summary
  • 25 Wada and Selective Wada Tests
    • 25.1 Goals
    • 25.2 Case Example
      • 25.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 25.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 25.2.3 Follow-up
    • 25.3 Case Summary
    • 25.4 Level of Evidence
    • 25.5 Landmark Papers
      • 25.5.1 Original Wada Papers
    • 25.6 Recommendations
    • 25.7 Summary
  • 26 Venous Sinus Stenting for Intracranial Hypertension
    • 26.1 Goals
    • 26.2 Case Example
      • 26.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 26.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 26.2.3 Follow-up
    • 26.3 Case Summary
    • 26.4 Level of Evidence
    • 26.5 Landmark Papers
    • 26.6 Recommendations
    • 26.7 Summary
  • 27 Epistaxis
    • 27.1 Goal
    • 27.2 Case Example
      • 27.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 27.2.2 Treatment
      • 27.2.3 Follow-up
    • 27.3 Case Summary
    • 27.4 Class of Recommendation and Level of Evidence
      • 27.4.1 Indications for Embolization
      • 27.4.2 Embolization versus Surgical Ligation
      • 27.4.3 Embolization Technique
      • 27.4.4 Embolization Target
      • 27.4.5 Treatment Risks
      • 27.4.6 Cost-Effectiveness
    • 27.5 Landmark Papers
    • 27.6 Recommendations
    • 27.7 Summary
  • 28 Venolymphatic Malformations of the Head and Neck
    • 28.1 Goals
    • 28.2 Case Examples
      • 28.2.1 Case Example 1
      • 28.2.2 Case Example 2
    • 28.3 Case Summary
    • 28.4 Level of Evidence
    • 28.5 Landmark Papers
    • 28.6 Recommendations
    • 28.7 Summary
  • 29 Chronic Subdural Hematoma Embolization
    • 29.1 Goals
    • 29.2 Case Example
      • 29.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 29.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 29.2.3 Follow-up
    • 29.3 Case Summary
    • 29.4 Level of Evidence
    • 29.5 Landmark Papers
    • 29.6 Recommendations
    • 29.7 Summary
• Section V Spine Interventions
  • 30 Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas and Malformations
    • 30.1 Goals
    • 30.2 Case Example
      • 30.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 30.2.2 Treatment Plan and Follow-up
    • 30.3 Case Summary
      • 30.3.1 Introduction
      • 30.3.2 History
      • 30.3.3 Incidence
      • 30.3.4 Anatomy
      • 30.3.5 Diagnos is Clinical Presentation
      • 30.3.6 Treatment
      • 30.3.7 Classification Systems
    • 30.4 Level of Evidence
    • 30.5 Landmark Papers
    • 30.6 Summary
  • 31 Vertebro/Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Fractures
    • 31.1 Goals
    • 31.2 Case Example
      • 31.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 31.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 31.2.3 Follow-up
    • 31.3 Case Summary
    • 31.4 Level of Evidence
    • 31.5 Landmark Papers
    • 31.6 Recommendations
    • 31.7 Summary
  • 32 Vertebro/Kyphoplasty for Metastatic Spine Fractures
    • 32.1 Goals
    • 32.2 Case Example
      • 32.2.1 History of Present Illness
      • 32.2.2 Treatment Plan
      • 32.2.3 Follow-up
    • 32.3 Case Summary
    • 32.4 Level of Evidence
    • 32.5 Landmark Papers
    • 32.6 Recommendations
    • 32.7 Summary
• Index