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. 2022 Oct 9;30(5):768–777. doi: 10.1177/15910199221130234

Table 1.

Contemporary procedures in interventional neuroradiology.

CRANIAL PROCEDURES NECK & SPINAL PROCEDURES
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES

  • - Angiogram

  • - Dural venous pressure measurements

  • - Inferior petrosal sinus sampling

  • - Wada test (intracarotid sodium amobarbital procedure)

  • - Angiogram

  • - Myelography and cisternography

  • - Image guided lumbar punctures

  • - Vertebral biopsy
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

  • - Aneurysm embolisation

  • - Arterial mechanical thrombectomy

  • - Arteriovenous malformation embolisation

  • - Arteriovenous fistula embolisation

  • - Vein of Galen Malformation embolisation

  • - Middle meningeal artery embolisation for subdural haemorrhage

  • - Embolisation for epistaxis

  • - Tumour embolisation (meningiomas, lingual carcinomas)

  • - Venous mechanical thrombectomy

  • - Venoplasty and venous stenting

  • - Arterial angioplasty for vasospasm

  • - Intra-ophthalmic artery chemotherapy for retinoblastoma

  • - Arteriovenous malformation embolisation

  • - Arteriovenous fistula embolisation

  • - Tumour embolisation (paragangliomas, vertebral tumours, etc.)

  • - Carotid artery angioplasty and stenting

  • - Vertebroplasty

  • - Spinal nerve root blocks

  • - Image guided lumbar punctures

  • - Image guided epidural injections (blood patch, analgesia)

  • - Cerebrospinal fluid-to-venous fistula embolisation
OTHER

  • - Pre-operative site-marking with coils