Interventional neuroradiologic procedures in the head and neck

Interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology are evolving specialties which can aid the head and neck surgeons in the clinical management of patients with complex vascular lesions. The vast majority of procedures performed by interventionalists are preoperative. Because of the vast array of catheter technology, multiple embolic agents, sophisticated digital imaging, and the minimal invasiveness of these techniques will only allow their growth to blossom. A multidisciplinary approach involving interventionalists will diminish the morbidity of managing these patients, increase the efficacy of therapeutic strategies, and decrease the overall costs of care.

[Summary] Interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology are evolving specialties which can aid the head and neck surgeons in the clinical management of patients with complex vascular lesions. The vast majority of procedures performed by interventionalists are preoperative. Because of the vast array of catheter technology, multiple embolic agents, sophisticated digital imaging, and the minimal invasiveness of these techniques will only allow their growth to blossom. A muhidisciplinary approach involving interventionalists will diminish the morbidity of managing these patients, increase the efficacy of therapeutic strategies, and decrease the overall costs of care.