Interventional radiology (IR) is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Under the direction of John Rundback, MD, an international leader in the field, revolutionary imaging techniques are being used to "see" inside the body while guiding narrow tubes (catheters) and other very small instruments through the blood vessels and other pathways to the site of an abnormality. IR enables patients to receive treatment for a variety of medical disorders without surgery.

Advantages of interventional radiology

• Most procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis or require only an overnight stay at the Interventional Institute
• General anesthesia is seldom used
• Risk, pain and recovery time are often significantly reduced
• Patients have access to a wide array of nonsurgical treatment choices

Interventional Procedures available at Holy Name Medical Center:

Vascular Care:

• Angiography
• Balloon angiography
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Endovenous laser treatment (varicose veins)
• Limb Salvage
• Peripheral artery disease
• Stenting
• Stent-graft
• Thrombolysis

Women's Health:

• Endovenous laser treatment (varicose veins)
• Fallopian tube recanalization
• Uterine fibroid embolization
• Pelvic Congestion Syndrome

Cancer Care:

• Biliary drainage and stenting
• Chemoembolization
• Needle biopsy
• Radioembolization
• Radio-frequency ablation (RFA)
• Therasphere® Brachytherapy (liver cancer)
• Transcatheter Chemoembolization (liver cancer)

Skeletal Disease:

• Ablation of painful bone lesion
• Kyphoplasty
• Vertebroplasty

Other:

• Central venous access
• Gastrostomy tube
• Hemodialysis access maintenance
• TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt)