Cerebral and Spinal Angiography
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Cerebral and spinal angiography is the method of X-ray examination of the vascular system of the brain and spinal cord.
At present, angiography is used mainly in patients with suspicion of saccular or arteriovenous aneurysm of the vessels of the brain and spinal cord as a method of preoperative diagnosis and subsequent postoperative control, as well as for the detection of thrombosis or stenosis of the main vessels of the neck. It is still important to use cerebral angiopathy to determine the sources of blood supply and the relationship with large arteries (on the basis of the brain) of certain types of brain tumors, which allows surgeons to plan surgical access and the volume of tumor removal. The use of CT and MR angiography methods has markedly reduced the frequency of angiophage use in recent years, especially in neuro-oncological patients. However, the development of interventional endovasal methods for treating vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord causes the preservation and further development of this ischishnogo method in the arsenal of neuroendology.
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