Archive for the ‘Interventional’ Category

Most of you know that last year AJNR entered a cooperative agreement with Interventional Neuroradiology (IN).  Since AJNR accepts very few case reports and technical notes, we encourage the authors of these types of articles [...]

Re: Piotin M, Blanc R, Spelle L, Mounayer C, Piantino R, Schmidt PJ, Moret J. Stent-Assisted Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysms. Clinical and Angiographic Results in 216 Consecutive Aneurysms. Stroke 2010;41:110-15; published online before print December [...]

I have three questions for radiologists who perform spinal injections for pain management. 1. How many people regularly do cervical nerve root blocks? 2. Are you using CT or conventional fluoro? 3. If you are [...]

This article references: Gallas S, Januel AC, Pasco A, et al. Long-Temr Follow-Up of 1036 Cerebral Aneurysms Treated by Bare Colis: A Multicentric Cohort Treated between 1998 and 2003. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol first published [...]

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 [...]

Does anyone know what this mass could be? It was biopsied 2 years ago and pathology reported it as  “normal brain tissue”. As you can see, the lesion is hyperintense on T2, hypointense on T1 [...]

Package inserts for the Echelon, Marathon, and UltraFlow microcatheters from EV3 note that these devices are specifically “contraindicated for neonatal and pediatric use”. Since these microcatheters are needed to inject Onyx, these contraindications indicate that [...]

www.AngioCalc.com Cerebral Aneurysm Calculator This recently revised website is dedicated to providing quality resources for the management of cerebral aneurysms and features an online calculator for calculating cerebral aneurysm volume and percent packing volume after [...]

Satoshi Tateshima, MD, D.M.Sc., Assistant Professor-Director of the Aneurysm Program, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Gary Duckwiler, MD, Director of Clinical Affairs and Fellowship Director, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Ronald Reagan [...]

Comment on: D.M. Yousem and S.K. Gujar Are C1–2 Punctures for Routine Cervical Myelography below the Standard of Care? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol first published on April 15, 2009 as doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1594 In an original [...]