Neuroradiology began in the early 1900s soon after Roentgen discovered x rays, with the use of skull radiographs to evaluate brain tumors. This was followed by the development of ventriculography in 1918, pneumoencephalography in 1919, and arteriography in 1927. In the beginning, air studies were the primary modality, but this technique was supplanted by angiography in the 1950s and 1960s. The ...

PURPOSE We sought to develop a standardized curriculum capable of assessing key competencies in Interventional Neuroradiology by the use of models and simulators in an objective, quantitative, and efficient way. In this evaluation we analyzed the associations between the practical experience, theoretical knowledge, and the skills lab performance of interventionalists. MATERIALS AND METHODS We...

Neuroradiology is that branch of diagnostic radiology that deals with disorders of the central nervous system [1). It embraces all techniques for imaging the brain and spinal cord , their respective vessels, the cranium and spine, and the organs of special sense. Practitioners include interventional (surgical) neuroradiologists, pediatric neuroradiologists, and many individuals with expertise i...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine the optimal anesthetic depth for the maintenance and recovery in interventional neuroradiology. METHODS Eighty-eight patients undergoing interventional neuroradiology were randomly allocated to light anesthesia (n = 44) or deep anesthesia (n = 44) groups based on the value of the bispectral index (BIS). Anesthesia was induced with propofol, alfe...

A COMPLETE review of all the neuroradiological literature has not been attempted in this account. Detailed consideration has been given to those aspects which have become more important as the result of developments in other fields; for example, improved anesthesia with hypothermia has made possible more leisurely surgical treatment of arteriosclerotic vessels and the Spitz-Holter valve has mad...

Therapeutic interventions unique to the neuroradiology suite include the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), acute thromboembolic disease, cerebral vasospasm, and extracranial and intracranial cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease. A recent review of the National Inpatient Sample reported a doubling of the number of endovascular cases from 1993 to ...

Neuroradiologists have extended their treatment modalities in the field of vascular neurosurgery. The rapidly emerging and re-engineered neuroradiological techniques confront the anaesthetist with an increasing number of patients with severe neurological disease. More of these patients will need general anaesthesia in order to facilitate the endovascular procedure, including catheter placement,...