ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY AS A LESS INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Endovascular treatment is an excellent alternative as a less invasive procedure to treat cerebrovascular disease. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and thrombolysis for occlusive disease, obliteration of intracranial aneurysms with coils, artery occlusion for large aneurysms, and embolization of dural arteriovenous fistulas and cerebral arteriovenous malformations are described with illustrative cases. Although endovascular treatment for cerebrovascular diseases is being developed and the indications are becoming broader, combination treatment with microsurgery and radiosurgery should also be considered in an attempt to achieve better results.