Interventional Radiology
What is an Interventional Radiologist/Oncologist?
- Peripheral Vascular Disease/Claudication
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)
- Acute Stroke Intervention
- Varicose Veins
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Testicular Varicocele and Male Infertility
- Fallopian Tube Recanalization
- Central Venous Access (Ports, PICCs and Central Lines)
- Dialysis Access
- Chemoembolization
- Back and Joint Pain Management Services
- Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
- Palliative Interventions for Cancer
- Portal Vein Decompression
- Abscess Management
- Urinary Tract Interventional Services
- Biliary Interventional Services
- Gastrointestinal Interventional Services
- Interventional Oncology or Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapy
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT)
- Y90, SIR-Spheres, TheraSphere
- Tumor Ablations
- Treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Interventional radiologists are board-certified physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical experience across all specialties. They use X-rays, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, usually in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease non-surgically. As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine.
Today many conditions that once required surgery can be treated nonsurgically by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery.
Services/Therapies
Some of the services/therapies available at the Utah Vascular Clinic:
References:
1. Society of Interventional Radiology -- Global Statement Defining Interventional radiology. http://www.sirweb.org/patients/