Abstract
Extracranial embolization procedures are therapeutic endovascular occlusions of vessels outside the cranial cavity. This chapter covers head, neck, and spinal transarterial embolization procedures. Direct percutaneous procedures of head and neck vascular lesions will also be discussed.
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Harrigan, M.R., Deveikis, J.P. (2023). Extracranial and Spinal Embolization. In: Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique. Contemporary Medical Imaging. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45598-8_7
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