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An interventional radiologist can work with your doctor or specialist to treat many of today’s toughest medical problems, including cancer, vascular diseases, and men’s and women’s health conditions.
What is interventional radiology?
Interventional radiology (also known as IR) is a medical specialty that harnesses the power of advanced imaging techniques, such as X-rays, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI or ultrasound, to look inside of the human body and pinpoint the problem. These high-tech imaging modalities are then combined with minimally invasive procedures in real-time to treat the problem.
IR delivers treatments with reduced risk, less pain and shorter recovery times than open surgery, reducing the length of hospital stays, minimizing potential complications and saving lives.
Who is an interventional radiologist and what do they treat?
An interventional radiologist is a highly trained physician that incorporates high-tech imaging modalities with minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat a wide variety of diseases almost anywhere in the body.
Interventional radiologists are on the front lines of clinical advances and work across the body to deliver minimally invasive treatments for a variety of conditions, including:
Ablation
Ablation therapy is a procedure doctors use to destroy abnormal tissue that can be present in many conditions.
Biopsy
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Drainage
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Embolization
Embolization may be used to treat fibroids, pelvic veins, enlarged prostate, varicoceles and other conditions. It usually refers to a procedure in which medical materials or devices are placed into a blood vessel to temporarily or permanently stop bleeding.
Interventional Oncology
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IVC filter
IVC filter placement is a preventative tool placed inside a huge vein in the abdomen called the inferior vena cava to trap any blood clots that may break free from the veins in the legs and potentially reach the heart or the lungs. An IVC filter is one of the many treatments used to prevent a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot that travels to the lungs) and should only be placed in patients that cannot receive blood thinners or in patients in whom blood thinning treatment has failed.
Men's Health
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Pain Management
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Pediatric
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Peripheral Arterial
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Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy is the direct injection through a tiny needle of a chemical irritant into a vein causing it to shrink and close. This technique is often used to treat smaller veins such as spider veins.
Stenting
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Thoracic/Abdominal
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Thrombolysis
Thrombolysis treats vascular blockages and improves blood flow by dissolving abnormal blood clots. A blood clot, or thrombus, can block off blood supply to certain parts of the body and cause serious damage. During catheter-directed thrombolysis, the physician uses X-ray imaging and a catheter to guide special medication or a medical device to the site of a blood clot to dissolve the blockage, to remove it and to prevent the vein or artery from becoming permanently blocked and restricting blood flow to a limb or organ.
Venous
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Women's Health
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