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Interventional Radiology

 Conditions and Procedures

Our interventional radiologists can successfully evaluate and treat a wide variety of conditions using minimally invasive procedures so that your child recovers quickly and you get answers as efficiently as possible. Some of the more common conditions we treat and their associated procedures are listed below.

Conditions

  • Abdominal ascites 
  • Adrenal mass
    • Ultrasound/computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy
  • Gastroparesis, reflux, failure to thrive/feeding intolerance 
    • Primary Gastrostomy (G) Gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube placement , G to GJ conversion , GJ tube exchanges 
  • Liver disease (biliary atresia, autoimmune hepatitis)
    • Ultrasound-guided biopsy, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography or biliary drainage (PTC or PTBD)
  • Perforated appendicitis 
    • Transabdominal or transrectal drainage catheter placement
  • Transplant evaluation (strictures, rejection)
    • Cholangiography with balloon dilatation, stenting
  • Cystic fibrosis/Hemoptysis 
    • Bronchial artery embolization 
  • Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)  hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)>
    • Pulmonary AVM embolization
  • Mediastinal/lung masses 
    • Ultrasound/CT/Fluoroscopy-guided biopsy 
  • Parapneumonic effusion/empyema 
    •  Thoracentesis/Chest tube placement 
  • Pericardial effusion 
    • Pericardiocentesis/drain placement 
  • Epistaxis/juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma 
    • Angiography/arterial embolization 
  • Hypersalivation 
    • Salivary gland Botox® injection 
  • Lymphadenopathy/neck masses 
    • Ultrasound-guided biopsy/fine-needle aspiration 
  • Retinoblastoma 
    • Angiography/intra-arterial chemoembolization 
  • Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome 
    • Venography/balloon angioplasty and stenting, SVC recanalization 
  • Thyroid nodules 
    • Ultrasound-guided biopsy/fine-needle aspiration 
  • Hydronephrosis/urinary obstruction
    • Percutaneous nephrostomy or nephroureteral stent placement, Whittaker test, stricture balloon angioplasty
  • Hypertension
    • Arteriography, balloon angioplasty
  • Kidney stones/nephrolithiasis 
    • Percutaneous nephrostomy Percutaneous nephrostomy for access for lithotripsy
  • Neurogenic bladder
    • Vesicostomy tube placement
  • Renal parenchymal disease Percutaneous nephrostomy  (proteinuria, hematuria)
    • Ultrasound-guided renal biopsy percutaneous nephrostomy 
  • Pelvic congestion syndrome
    • Gonadal vein embolization
  • Varicocele percutaneous nephrostomy 
    • Varicocele Embolization Percutaneous nephrostomy
  • Arthritis, temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
    • Steroid joint injection
  • Bone infection
    • Ultrasound-/Fluoroscopy-/CT-guided biopsy
  • Chronic back pain
    • Epidural steroid injection
  • Hip pain/limp (septic arthritis) 
    • Hip arthrocentesis 
  • Osteoid osteoma 
    • Radiofrequency ablation 
  • Soft tissue foreign body (splinter, glass)
    • Foreign body retrieval
  • Soft tissue mass
    • Ultrasound-guided biopsy
  • Blood vessel clot/occlusion 
    • Catheter-directed thrombolysis  / thrombectomy 
  • End-stage renal disease/hemodialysis fistula complications
    • Fistulagram, thrombolysis  / thrombectomy, angioplasty, stenting 
    • Lower extremity swelling (May-Thurner disease)
      • Thrombolysis, vena cava filter placement, angioplasty, stenting 
  • Poor venous access 
    • Peripherally inserted central catheter , central venous catheter, pheresis/hemodialysis catheter, port placement 
  • Portal hypertension 
    • Portal venous pressure measurements, vena cava filter placement, recanalization /TIPS , variceal embolization, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration
  • Renal artery stenosis/hypertension
    • Arteriography, angioplasty, stenting 
  • Uncontrollable bleeding
    • Emergency arteriography and embolization
  • Upper extremity swelling (Paget-Schroetter disease)
    • Thrombolysis, vena cava filter placement, angioplasty, stenting
  • Vascular anomalies/malformations

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