Introduction: Vascular Neurosurgery

What future for vascular neurosurgery?

What future for vascular neurosurgery? Vascular neurosurgery has always been at the forefront of neurosurgical advances, requiring a combination of decision making, critical care support, microsurgical skill, and advanced surgical technology. The need to secure unstable intracranial aneurysms was identifi ed by Harvey Cushing (1923), but the fi rst modern-era clipping procedure was performed by...

Defining excellence in vascular neurosurgery.

Success as a vascular neurosurgeon almost always begins with passion, an inherent love for the work that drives an insatiable desire for personal improvement. A personal definition of excellence in vascular neurosurgery includes several fundamental qualities: mastery of the basics, refinement of technique, advancement of technology, investigative study, advanced decision making, microsurgical i...

Advances in stroke: vascular neurosurgery.

T he indications for microsurgery in cerebrovascular pathology have been placed under increased scrutiny, given the continuous refinement of endovascular techniques. Several recent randomized studies and subgroup analyses of concluded studies have been particularly illuminating in this sense and will be the primary focus of this brief review. The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus ...

Introduction to Recent Advances in Neurosurgery.

Vascular cognitive impairment: introduction.

One of the greatest advances in the understanding of cognitive disorders comes from the realization that Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular cognitive impairment share common risk factors. This opens the door to a common approach to both and promises that if vascular risk factors are controlled, then not only strokes but also cognitive impairment could be prevented. It also has become evident t...