This book introduces the great advances made in the techniques, devices and treatment concepts which benefit for spinal vascular malformations. It also covers several spinal vascular malformations that can be treated successfully with minimally invasive therapy.

Spinal vascular malformations constitute rare pathological entities characterized by considerable angioarchitectural variation. Insufficient understanding of normal spinal vascular anatomy and abnormal vascular anatomy constituting these lesions restricts the development of surgical treatments specifically tailored to type of malformation. Spinal vascular malformation therapy should include conservative, microsurgical, endovascular, stereotactic, and/or multimodal therapy.

Attendings, fellows, residents, medical students or anyone interested in sharpening their diagnostic and therapeutic skill set will benefit from reading this text.

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Dr. Xianli Lv, MD, is an associate professor of endovascular neurosurgery, at the Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, China. He is selected for the "2023 Career-long and yearly Top 2% Global Scientists List" released by Stanford University in the United States. His research focuses on neuroendovascular therapy of intracranial aneurysm, cerebral arteriovenous malformation, intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula, spinal vascular malformation, and pediatric cerebrospinal vascular malformation. He has one national invention patent and one utility model patent to his credit and has authored 195 peer-reviewed scientific articles and edited 10 books. His h-index is 30 in 2023(Scopus). He is an editorial member of Interventional Neuroradiology, Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Journal of Neuroradiology, The Neuroradiology Journal, and World Journal of Radiology. He is also a deputy editor of Neuroscience Informatics and Frontiers in Neurology. Dr. Lv is a member of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and the World Federation of Interventional Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN). He was featured on the cover of World Journal of Radiology in April 2022 and journal of China Science and Technology Achievements in August 2023.