Pediatric surgical neuroangiography. A multicentre approach.

Adult patients who require sophisticated embolization procedures are usually referred to centres where such expertise is available. Because of the special circumstances in the pediatric age group, this type of referral is often not feasible. The authors describe a model in which multiple pediatric institutions have access to sophisticated interventional neuroradiologic procedures through the collaboration of a group of neuroradiologists. The preliminary results are encouraging and appear to indicate that embolization in the pediatric age group can be safe and reliable if performed by well trained teams.