Ashish Sonig, MD, of WK Neurovascular Neurosurgery, has performed the first successful cerebral aneurysm treatment surgery at Willis Knighton Health using flow diverter technology and biplane imaging. Dr. Sonig is an experienced neurovascular neurosurgeon who moved here in March to establish the Willis Knighton Neurovascular Institute and has performed this procedure many times during his career.

Flow diversion technology is a minimally invasive procedure where doctors precisely place a flow diverting stent into the patient’s brain through a catheter, rerouting the blood away from the aneurysm, making it less likely to rupture.

The neurointerventional biplane, an image-guided therapy system, is used to precisely plan and carry out complex neurovascular procedures like flow diversion and is a key part of the diagnosis and treatment pathway for stroke.

Image beam rotation assures patient oriented images from every angulation and rotation, eliminating the need to pivot the table or reposition the patient. It provides 3D roadmap of every brain vessel for precise surgical treatment.

“This minimally invasive system provides hope for patients with blockages in the brain’s vessels,” Dr. Sonig said. “Treatment with the neurointerventional biplane means patients have less time in the hospital and a faster recovery.”