Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons Presidential Address—Treatment of Carotid Artery Stenosis Based on Plaque Imaging

摘要

Copyright © 2017 by the Congress of Neurological SurgeonsThe theme of the 36th Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons (JCNS) was “Art and science of neurosurgery” (Figure 1). In the neurosurgical field, there are 2 important directions: one is the “State of the Art,” namely, to hone our surgical skills and evolve our application of technology. The other is the “State of the Science,” to continue research to improve our fundamental understanding and develop new therapies. In the meeting, application of a new navigation system to reach surgically difficult lesions such as posterior fossa tumors was shown.1,2 Another example of “State of the Art” shown in the meeting was the performance of clinical studies such as a randomized controlled trials (RCTs) such as the Japan Adult Moyamoya Trial to elucidate the efficacy of extracranial-intracranial bypass to reduce rebleeding in patients with moyamoya disease.3 On...