Background and purpose Microcatheterization is an important, but also difficult, technique used for the embolization of intracranial aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ...

1 Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA 2 Division of Interventional ...

Introduction The Q’Apel Medical Wahoo guide catheter is a 7 French guide catheter approved by the FDA in September of 2018 with an 0.072’ inner diameter and the ability to alternate between tracking ...

Background Malignant gliomas continue to have a poor clinical outcome with available therapies. In the past few years, new targeted biologic therapies have been studied, with promising results.

3 Department of Neurosurgery and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Correspondence to Dr J Mocco, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, ...

Background Poor vessel wall apposition of flow diverter (FD) stents poses risks for stroke-related complications when treating intracranial aneurysms, necessitating long-term surveillance imaging. To ...

7 Bao Feng Key Laboratory of Genetics and Metabolism, Beijing, China Correspondence to Dr Liqun Jiao, Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing 100053, China; liqunjiao{at}sina.cn; Dr ...

1 Toshiba Stroke and Vascular Research Center, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA Correspondence to Dr Hui Meng, Toshiba Stroke and Vascular Research ...

Background and purpose Flow arrest with balloon guide catheters (BGCs) is becoming increasingly recognized as critical to optimizing patient outcomes for mechanical thrombectomy. We performed a ...

Background Five randomized controlled trials recently appeared in the literature demonstrating that early mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke is significantly related to an ...

Correspondence to Professor Ju Han, Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China; hanjujack{at}163.com Background The optimal treatment ...

Correspondence to Dr Yagiz Ugur Yolcu, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; yolcu.yagiz{at}mayo.edu Introduction Management approaches for intracranial ...