What types of nonvascular neurointerventional procedures are available?
- • Vertebral augmentation: Administration of polymethylmethacrylate in acute compression vertebral fractures for pain relief
- • Pain injection: Transforaminal or interlaminal epidural corticosteroid injections, facet (zygapophyseal joint) injections, nerve blocks, and synovial cyst fenestration.
- • Biopsy: Imaging-guided biopsy of the calvarium, head and neck, and spine to assess for malignancy or infection.
