Neurovascular surgery is a minimally invasive surgical technique that is used to treat damaged injured or malformed blood vessels that cause bleeding or problems in blood circulation. It is used to treat blood vessels of the brain or the spinal cord.
Conditions required for Neurovascular Surgery:
- Brain hemorrhage
- Arteriovenous malformations(AVM)
- Carotid stenosis
- Chiari malformation
- Vertebral compression fracture
- Stroke
- Spinal aneurysm
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Brain aneurysm
- Atherosclerosis
- Dural Arteriovenous Malformation
- Cavernous Malformation
- Moyamoya Disease
Different types of Neurovascular Surgery:
- Open Neurovascular surgery
- Hybrid Surgery
- Endovascular Neurosurgery - Endovascular neurosurgery is also known as Neurointerventional neurosurgery is a minimally invasive procedure that requires imaging techniques that are used to deliver supreme care to the nervous system. It is a catheter-based procedure that is used to treat diseases such as stroke, aneurysm, and blood vessel conditions in the neck, spine, and head.
- Open neurovascular surgery: Open neurovascular surgery is used to treat diseases such as aneurysm vascular malformations etc. In these cases, open surgery is a much safe and effective method as it allows the surgeon to directly repair the problem by using a minimally invasive procedure.
- Hybrid surgery: Hybrid surgery is an advanced level surgery in which dual-trained neurovascular surgeons use a combination of surgeries and endovascular techniques in order to treat the disease. The neurosurgeons combine several techniques in order to address the problem and perform surgery based on it. Surgeons are able to perform the procedure more accurately as they use real-time imaging techniques such as MRI and laparoscope to visualize the blood vessel and the condition of the vessels on a big monitor.
