We specialize in treating patients with complex vascular problems affecting the brain and spine. We have a team of neurovascular surgeons, interventional neuroradiologists and neurologists who jointly focus on taking care of patients with these difficult problems. Because we are talking about problems that affect the blood supply to the brain, it is, in my opinion, very important to have a neurosurgeon involved in treating these patients. In general, most people might think of a neurosurgeon as one who treats patients with spine disease and in fact, that is the most common problem that neurosurgeons treat. However, neurovascular surgeons are interested in the treatment of stroke.
Stroke is a very general term.
And here, I am focusing on some very specific problems, problems that affect the blood supply to the brain. So, when we carry on this discussion, it is important to understand that the term 'stroke' really includes a large number of problems. Specifically, this could include problems that involve the carotid arteries that might require surgery. It also involves the surgical treatment of aneurysms, which we have begun to talk about, where we place a small clip across the neck of the aneurysm to prevent it from bleeding and causing a stroke. Additionally, when we treat patients with AVM's or vascular malformations, we can use surgical approaches to completely remove these vascular malformations and prevent future strokes in our patients.