Introduction to neurointerventional radiology

  Intervention: Translated from the English word “intervention”, the original meaning is “insertion”, “intervention”, the earliest application of intervention in medicine should be traced back to The earliest use of intervention in medicine can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians who used natural reed tubes to dilate urethral strictures, and then the use of catheterization to relieve obstructions in the respiratory tract, digestive tract, secret urinary tract, and other internal organs became a clinical routine.  From Dawbon’s embolization of the artery supplying blood to a facial hematoma in 1904 to Forsmann’s intracorporeal right heart catheterization in 1929, interventional therapy moved from the intubation of open cavity organs to the more complex stage of intubation of closed vessels. As you can see, literally and meaningfully, it is more apt and easy to understand when translated as “insertion”, but “intervention” is more elegant, professional and mysterious.  Interventional Radiology: The term Interventional Radiology was proposed by Margulis in 1967 and first systematically explained and used by Wallace in 1976, and has now become a consensus in the academic community.  Its basic concept consists of two parts: 1, under the guidance of medical imaging equipment, the use of simple equipment to obtain pathology, physiology and biochemistry, bacteriology and imaging information of a series of diagnostic methods.  2. A series of techniques for the treatment of various lesions through catheters and other devices under the guidance of medical imaging equipment, combined with clinical therapeutic principles. In short, that is, under the guidance of medical imaging equipment, using interventional methods for diagnosis and treatment. The specific content includes interventional devices and methods, interventional diagnostics and interventional therapeutics.  Interventional neuroradiology is the method of diagnosing and treating neurological diseases by interventional radiology. It includes cerebral angiography, embolization of aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, molding and thrombolysis of vascular occlusion, etc. It can be narrowly understood as intravascular neurosurgery, and in a broader sense, intervertebral disc puncture and fragmentation aspiration is also within the scope of neurointervention.