Center for Heart & Vascular Health
Neuro-Interventional Surgery
Neuro-interventional surgery enables minimally invasive treatment of aneurysms, strokes and other conditions affecting the brain and spine that were once only treatable through open surgery. Using sophisticated technology, including advanced imaging to see inside the body in real time, a neuro-interventional radiologist can manipulate tiny catheters through the patient's blood vessels to break up a blood clot inside the brain or reduce pressure in an aneurysm to prevent it from bursting. These catheters can deliver medication to a targeted area, or they can be equipped with specialized medical devices to treat delicate areas inside the brain without ever opening the skull. To treat spinal conditions, the neuro-interventional radiologist uses cannulas to similarly work inside the problem area without having to expose the spinal column.
Featuring a state-of-the-art interventional neuroangiography surgical suite, Christiana Care Neuro-Interventional Surgery provides minimally invasive services and treatments 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for a variety of conditions, including:
- Acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
- Brain and spinal tumor embolizations.
- Brain aneurysms.
- Brain arteriovenous malformations.
- Dural arteriovenous fistulas.
- Carotid and intracranial stenting.
- Diagnostic cerebral and spinal angiography.
- Nosebleeds (epistaxis).
- Pediatric brain and vascular malformations.
- Spinal vascular malformations.
- Traumatic cerebrovascular injuries.
Advantages of neuro-interventional procedures over traditional open surgery include a shorter recovery time, less pain during recovery and fewer complications.
Neuro-Interventional Surgery
Christiana Care Center for Heart & Vascular Health
Christiana Hospital campus
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718 directions
302-733-5625
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