InhaltsangabeI. Introduction.- 1 Historical Development and Current Trends in Surgical Neuroradiology.- II. Basic Concepts.- A. Hermostatic Machanisms and Circulatory Flow Patterns.- 2 Activation of Hemostatic Mechanisms in Interventional Radiology.- 3 Flow Patterns and the Localization of Vascular Disease in the Circulation.- B. Spacialized Endovascular Technologies.- 4 Doppler Observations in Arteriovenous Malformations.- 5 Lasers for Treatment of Occlusive Vascular Disease.- 6 Microcoils in Neuroembolization.- III. Endovascular Experience.- A. Specific Considerations at Various Institutions.- 7 Surgical Exposure of the Superior Ophthalmic Vein in the Management of Carotid Cavernous Fistulas at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.- 8 Current and Future Perspectives in Interventional Neuroradiology at New York University.- 9 Interventional Neuroradiology: The Massachusetts General Hospital Experience.- 10 Principles of Endovascular Neurosurgery at the N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute.- 11 Intravascular Embolization of Craniocerebral Vascular Diseases: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute.- 12 Endovascular Therapy of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations and Aneurysms with a Proposed Scale for Neurological Outcome.- B. Aneurysms.- 13 Surgical Perspectives on the Selection of Patients for Endovascular Treatment.- 14 Endosaccular Detachable Balloon Catheter Treatment of Cerebral Saccular Aneurysms.- 15 Intravascular Treatment of Aneurysms and Angioplasty of Arterial Vasospasm.- 16 Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Arterial Aneurysms: A Neuroradiologist's Viewpoint.- C. Arteriovenous Malformations.- 17 Clinical Aspects, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Surgical Treatment of Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations.- 18 Microsurgical Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Corpus Callosum and Hippocampus.- 19 Technical Advances in Endovascular Therapy of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations.- IV. Future Considerations.- 20 Determining the Feasibility of Creating a Statistically Significant Cooperative Study of Arteriovenous Malformations.- 21 Proposed Potential Standards of Training in Interventional Neuroradiology.