Intracranial Stenting is one of the many neuroendovascular procedures - or procedures within the blood vessels – performed by neurosurgeons at Harper University Hospital. The procedure is used to treat intracranial stenosis, a severe narrowing of an artery within the skull. This narrowing of the blood vessel limits blood supply to the brain, putting patients with the condition at serious risk of stroke.

How it Works
With the patient awake, Harper neuroendovascular surgeons painlessly place a small stent within the diseased blood vessel to return it to its normal size. A stent is a small, metal mesh tube used to support the walls of an artery. Patients usually experience immediate relief from symptoms and, in some cases, are able to leave the hospital the next day.

When it’s Performed
Intracranial stenting is performed:

• When non-surgical therapy has failed.
• For patients with structural, hemodynamically significant stenoses.
• For patients at high risk for surgical bypass procedures

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