What is Interventional Radiology?
Interventional Radiology is the medical specialty devoted to advancing patient care throught the integration of clinical, imaging-based diagnosis and innovative minimally invasive therapy. Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive treatments using imaging guidance. Interventional radiology procedures are advances in medicine that have replaced many open surgical procedures. They are generally safer for the patient because they involve no large incision, and associated with less pain and shorter recovery times. Examples of some of these procedures include: angioplasty, stenting, nephrostomy, central venous access, thrombolysis, vertebroplasty, endografting, uterine fibroid embolization, intra-arterial stroke treatment and chemoembolization.