The Division of Neurointerventional Surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester features a state-of-the-art interventional neuroangiography surgical suite. World-renowned neurointerventional radiologists perform procedures to treat a range of vascular diseases of the central nervous system and spine and other conditions, ensuring patients receive optimal therapy. Neurointerventional surgery is cutting-edge, minimally invasive technology that treats diseases and conditions once only treated by open surgery. Services are available 24/7 to treat a variety of conditions, including:
- Acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
- Brain and spinal tumor embolizations
- Brain aneurysms
- Brain arteriovenous malformations
- Carotid and intracranial stenting
- Central retinal artery and venous thrombosis
- Diagnostic cerebral and spinal angiography
- Dural arteriovenous fistulas
- Hemangioma and birth marks
- Kyphoplasty
- Nosebleeds (epistaxis)
- Pain treatment
- Pediatric brain vascular malformations
- Spinal vascular malformations
- Traumatic cerebrovascular injuries
- Vertebroplasty