Author Archives: Chang-Woo Ryu

Please Help Me with This Case!

An 11-year-old  boy  was involved in a car accident and  presented in a semicomatous state.

Clinically he was  diagnosed as having sustained a diffuse axonal injury and was treated conservatively.

A brain MRI was performed  one month following injury and a repeat one 1 year later.

Susceptibility WI at the one month interval  showed multiple microhemorrhages in both frontal lobes.

The one year follow-up MRI showed diffuse, symmetric, confluent hyperintensities in the  periventricular WM and these findings were not present on the initial MRI.

The question is whether the WM changes seen at the one-year follow up study are  related to the diffuse  axonal injury. … Continue reading >>

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Does the Insurance Company Require the Certification of Neurointerventionist for Payment of the Interventional Procedure?

Does the insurance company require the certification of neurointerventionist for payment of the interventional procedure?

I’m an interventional neuroradiologist in South Korea. Korea’s health insurance service inquired of the Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology what is the qualification of neurointerventionist for payment of interventional procedure.

I want to know certification requirements for neurointervention in America.

Does the insurance company require the other certification as well as ABR or institutional certification of fellowship?… Continue reading >>

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