Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 18:21
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating innovative approaches in radiology, anesthesia and surgery, the team has perfected a method to systematically starve these abnormal brain lesions, artery by artery, vein by vein.