Preoperative tumor embolization
Ramsey Ashour1, Ali Aziz-Sultan2
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Lois Pope LIFE Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 Northwest 14th Terrace, 2nd Floor, (D4-6), Miami, FL 33136-1060, USA.
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
|July 5, 2014
Abstract:
In this article, the authors review general principles and technical details of preoperative embolization of various hypervascular head, neck, and spinal tumors encountered in contemporary neuroendovascular practice. Indications, treatment goals, techniques, outcomes, and complications are discussed, and illustrative case examples are presented.


