Endovascular

[Stealth Vector]

Curious to what thoughts people (residents, faculty, private prac docs) have on the future of endovascular Neurosurgery?

Seems pretty cool....but a long road (which I don't mind).
Is it starting to get competitive?
Will its demand grow?
Any suggested links to read regarding endovascular neurosurgery?
Feel free to share any thoughts

Thank you all!

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[mpp]

It's definitely here to stay. Endovascular coiling of aneurysms in the correct patient can be equal to surgical clipping with lower moribidity. For treatment of things like carotid-cavernous fistulae it is superior. Non-invasive diagnostic vascular imaging (like MR angiography with a 7 Tesla magnet) may soon come close to the more invasive diagnostic cerebral angiography and therefore there may be less demand for the diagnostic angiography in the future. But I think the demand for endovascular therapies will continue to grow (but will likely never replace surgical clipping entirely).