Neurointerventional Surgery

Interventional Neuroradiology {also known as Neurointerventional Surgery or Endovascular Neurosurgery} is a sub-specialty that performs minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat diseases of the brain, head, neck, and spine. Neurointerventional procedures use state-of-the-art devices and image-guided techniques to deliver treatments through a small puncture in the skin of the groin or arm instead of open surgery.

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DR. JUSTIN WHISENANT

Meet Dr. Justin Whisenant, MD

Dr. Justin Whisenant is a neuroradiologist and neurointerventional radiologist who began his practice in St. Petersburg in 2016.  Dr. Whisenant has been a physican for more than 10 years, and during this time he has acquired a wealth of clinical expertise primarily in the fields of diagnostic and interventional radiology, neuroradiology, neurology, and neurosurgery.

 

Innovative Treatment of a Wide Spectrum of Neurological Disease:

There is a wide spectrum of cerebrovascular disease that can be treated by these innovative endovascular techniques which have been previously unavailable.  Some of the specific disease entities that can be treated by these methods include ruptured and unruptured brain aneurysms, stroke, carotid artery disease, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, osteoporotic and pathologic vertebral fractures, and tumors of the brain, head, neck, and spine. These minimally invasive procedures involve small or no incisions, less pain, and shorter recovery times than traditional open surgery.

Diagnostic Neuroimaging

Multimodality imaging techniques for diagnosis of blood vessel disorders of the brain and spine, including cerebral arteriography, venography, and myelography.

Neurointerventional Services

Neurointerventional-Services

Minimally invasive procedures for treatment of brain aneurysms, stroke, artery stenosis, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, and brain and spinal tumors.

 

Spine Services

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Management of back pain, nerve pain, vertebral tumors, and spinal vascular malformations and fistulas.

Stroke

Stroke

The treatment of acute ischemic stroke is continuously evolving as new technology develops. The currently available devices are able to retrieve or aspirate clots in the intracranial arteries to remove the blockage and rapidly restore flow to viable brain tissue.

Cerebral Aneurysms

Cerebral-Aneurysms

A cerebral aneurysm occurs as a result of a weakening of a blood vessel wall. This results in stretching of that blood vessel wall and development of an outpouching that may be prone to rupture and intracranial bleeding.

AVMs & Dural Fistulas

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Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) occur when an abnormal connection develops between arteries and veins in the brain or dura (i.e. coverings of the brain)