Interventional Radiology Services at SLCH
Interventional radiology is a subspecialty of radiology using image-guided, minimally invasive procedures that often are alternatives to conventional surgery. X-rays, ultrasound and other medical images are used to guide small instruments such as catheters through the blood vessels or other pathways to treat or diagnose disease. Among the conditions treated are:
Angiography and vascular interventions
- GI bleeding
- Bronchial bleeding
- Trauma
- Vascular malformation
- Renovascular HTN
- Venography, venous PTA/stenting
- Angioplasty, stenting, thrombolysis
Venous access
- Placement of PICCs
- Placement and maintenance of pheresis, dialysis and infusion catheters
- Temporary central venous catheters
Gastrointestinal
- Placement of gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy feeding tubes
- Placement of cecostomy tubes
Drainages
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Percutaneous drainage of abscesses and fluid collections
- Placement of chest tubes
Obstructive uropathy
- Nephrostomy, nephroureterostomy and urteteronephrostomy
- Ureteral stents
- Percutaneous access for stone retrieval
- Suprapubic drainage
Biliary intervention
- Biliary drainage (native and transplant liver)
- Cholecystostomy
- Biliary percutaneous stone retrieval
Image-guided biopsies
- Thyroid
- Liver (percutaneous and transjugular)
- Kidney
- Lung
- Lymphatic
