Endovascular Surgery in the Central Nervous System Vascular Disorders

Endovascular procedures for treatment of central nervous system vascular lesions are rapidly expanding. This type of treatment is becoming less invasive but more effective during the recent years. Neuro-endovascular management has become an important therapeutic option in the varieties of brain and spine disorders including intracranial aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation, acute ischemic stroke, dural arteriovenous malformations, vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, carotid cavernous fistulae, tumors and vascular malformations of the head and neck, extracranial carotid and vertebral disease and cerebral venous system thrombosis. In this review we briefly discuss the neuro-endovascular procedure indications in the above mention disorders.