Interventional neuroradiology applications in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery

A review of the current clinical applications of a variety of percutaneous and endovascular interventional procedures of the extracranial head and neck is presented. After a description of general principles and embolic agents for interventional procedures, management of specific disorders is presented and procedural steps are described for epistaxis, embolization of vascular head and neck tumors, high-flow and low-flow cervical vascular malformations, head and neck trauma and bleeding, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of tumors, along with percutaneous biopsy within the head and neck.