JNIS Podcast

Ophthalmic artery occlusion in intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma

Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in children.
In this podcast, JNIS Editor-In-Chief Felipe C. Albuquerque and Pascal Jabbour discuss a study from July’s issue, concluding that local factors relating to the chemotherapy and selective microcatheterization of the ophthalmic artery are essential factors in the development of ophthalmic artery thrombosis, as seen by the association of ophthalmic artery thrombosis with the frequency of intra-arterial chemotherapy.
Dr Jabbour, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA, is the corresponding author of 'Incidence and predictors of ophthalmic artery occlusion in intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma' - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/13/7/652

Complete flow control in transvenous embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations

In this podcast, JNIS Editor-In-Chief Felipe C. Albuquerque and Adnan Siddiqui discuss a case series that describes complete flow control using concurrent transient rapid ventricular pacing with afferent arterial balloon flow arrest technique as “safe and feasible” for transvenous embolization of select cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM).
Dr Siddiqui (Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, NY, USA) is the lead author of “Complete flow control using transient concurrent rapid ventricular pacing or intravenous adenosine and afferent arterial balloon occlusion during transvenous embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: case series”, published in the April 2021 issue of JNIS.
Link to the paper: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/13/4/324

COVID-19: the downtrend of African American stroke patients receiving mechanical thrombectomy

JNIS Editor-In-Chief, Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Sami Al Kasab and Alejandro Spiotta, both from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA. They discuss the Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry data showing an “alarming downtrend in mechanical thrombectomy rates in African American patients during the COVID-19 pandemic”.
Read the related article online (https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/06/neurintsurg-2020-016946) and in the March issue of JNIS.
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Environmental sustainability in neurointerventional procedures

Operating rooms contribute between 20% to 70% of hospital waste. Neurointerventional procedures, in particular, generate a substantial amount of that waste: an average of 8 kg per case, recently aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
JNIS Editor-In-Chief, Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Pey Ling Shum, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, about her recent paper “Environmental sustainability in neurointerventional procedures: a waste audit” - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/11/1053
Please also read the related commentary "Greening the neurointerventional suite" - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/11/1037
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Being a female physician in a male-dominated speciality

Sexism is common place in one of the most male-dominated subspecialties in medicine. Despite this, the prevalence of women physicians in neurointervention is steadily rising.
In this podcast, JNIS Editor-In-Chief, Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews neurointerventionalists Stephanie H Chen - Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine - and Marie-Christine Brunet - Department of Neurological Surgery (NEUR) at McGill University - about the challenges of being a female physician in this field.
They are the authors of the first study examining the amount of maternal and fetal radiation exposure during a pregnant neurointerventional fellow’s training. Spoiler alert: the findings suggest that, when optimal radiation safety practices are implemented, the fetal dose of a pregnant neurointerventionalist is negligible.
Read the paper for free for a month on the JNIS website:
https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/10/1014
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Transarterial and transvenous access in neurointervention

The recommendations resulting from the report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee on transarterial access are discussed in this podcast.
JNIS Editor-In-Chief, Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Robert Starke (University of Miami MILLER School of Medicine, Miami Beach, Florida, and Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York) and Justin Fraser (University of Kentucky, Lexington), who recently published the paper “Transarterial and transvenous access for neurointerventional surgery: report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee” on behalf of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
Read the paper on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/8/733

‘Chronic intracranial venous hypertension syndrome’: a new classification scheme for IIH

JNIS Editor-In-Chief Felipe C. Albuquerque discusses idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and a new patient classification paradigm with Kyle Fargen (Neurological Surgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA) and Michael Levitt (Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA). Both authors recently wrote about the intersection between IIH and venous sinus stenosis, an increasingly hot topic within the neurointerventional community. In the podcast, the participants discuss this novel classification, venous sinus stenting, and issues pertaining to this diverse patient population.
Read the paper and the commentary on the JNIS website:
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is not idiopathic: proposal for a new nomenclature and patient classification
https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/2/110
Commentary: Another version of the truth
https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/4/335

Field triage for endovascular stroke therapy

In a densely populated setting, for patients with stroke who are endovascular therapy candidates and closest to a primary stroke center from the field, triage to a slightly more distant comprehensive stroke center is associated with faster time to endovascular therapy, no delay to alteplase, and less disability at 90 days.
Felipe de Albuquerque talks to Mahesh Jayaraman and Ryan McTaggart (Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) about their paper “Field triage for endovascular stroke therapy: a population-based comparison”, which is part of the March issue of JNIS and can be read for free on the journal's website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/233.

Standards for European training requirements in interventional neuroradiology guidelines

In this podcast, Felipe de Albuquerque talks to Istvan Szikora, Neurointerventions, National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary, about the official document of Standards for European training requirements in interventional neuroradiology guidelines by the Division of Neuroradiology/Section of Radiology European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), in cooperation with the Division of Interventional Radiology/UEMS, the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), and the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT). Read the paper on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2019/11/15/neurintsurg-2019-015537 .

Posterior circulation stroke: the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery standards and guidelines

In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief of JNIS Felipe C. Albuquerque talks to Justin F. Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, about the current endovascular strategies for posterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke: the report of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards and Guidelines Committee.
Read the paper for free on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/11/10/1055.