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Interventional Radiology

It allows patients who have not undergone surgery to be treated with minimally invasive methods.

Interventional radiology is a rapidly progressing branch of medicine and is the therapeutic department of radiology.

In interventional radiological treatments, the basics of which date back to the 60s, the variety, complexity and depth of procedures have recently increased a lot. In this way, as methods and techniques specific to a very wide spectrum of procedures have developed, interventional treatments of more critical and untouchable patients have become feasible.

Procedures in interventional radiology guide the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases using much less invasive methods than surgery, guided by imaging methods such as ultrasonography, fluoroscopy and tomography. Usually these procedures are easier for patients. Because there are no wide incisions, the procedures are completed with less pain, less risk and shorter recovery time.

Interventional radiologists guide catheters (plastic tubes a few millimeters thick) through the vessels or percutaneously (by entering through the skin), guided by imaging. Interventional radiologists plan the procedure to be performed on previously obtained images. Then they direct catheters through the vessels or percutaneously, under the guidance of imaging (digital substrate angiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, computed tomography). These procedures are performed under local or, if necessary, general anesthesia.

Interventional radiological procedures are divided into two large groups as vascular (related to the vessel) and nonvascular (related to non-vascular organs). Vascular interventions are also divided into neurovascular interventions (related to the vessels of the brain) and peripheral vascular interventions (related to the vessels of organs outside the brain).

The most commonly performed of the vascular interventional radiological procedures is diagnostic classical angiography. But the main important part is the therapeutic procedures performed using angiographic techniques. These generally include opening narrowed or blocked vessels (balloon angioplasty (PTA), stenting, clot dissolving/removing) or closing diseased or bleeding vessels (embolization). However, apart from these, various therapeutic procedures are applied, which are also performed intravenously. In cerebral vascular treatments, non-surgical treatments of aneurysms (bubbles), which are the cause of brain hemorrhages that are often encountered, are arteriovenous malformation, vascular tangles, opening of stenoses in the jugular veins and stroke treatments.

Procedures performed in the interventional radiology department;

  • Non-surgical treatments of kidney and liver cysts
  • Non-surgical treatment of liver, kidney and lung tumors with needles (radrofrequency, microwave and cryo ablation)
  • Treatment of liver, kidney and lung tumors through angiography and vein (chemoembolization, radioembolization)
  • Non-surgical and painless treatment of thyroid nodules (radiofrequency and alcohol ablation)
  • Permanent solutions for patients who cannot find a vein path (temporary and permanent catheters, picc catheter)
  • Opening of stenoses and blockages of jugular veins, kidneys, intra-abdominal veins and leg veins (diabetic foot) (with balloon, stent and shaving methods)
  • Non-surgical treatment of varicocele with angiography
  • Pelvic congestion syndrome – non-surgical treatment of uterine varices with angiography
  • Non-surgical treatment of uterine fibroids with angiography
  • Painless, incision-free and non-surgical treatments of leg varices with the most modern and scientific methods (laser, radiofrequency, steam, gluing and foam treatments)
  • Diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of vascular malformations and hemangiomas (congenital vascular anomalies, vascular tangles and masses)
  • Non-surgical treatment of aneurysms (vascular ballooning) in the brain and aorta and other vessels with angiography
  • Investigation of clot formations in veins, diagnosis and angiography, clot removal and clot dissolution treatments
  • Treatment of strictures and blockages in the biliary tract with catheters and stents, diagnosis and treatment of gallstones and bile sludge
  • Detection of bleeding foci and stopping bleeding with angiography (embolization).
  • Treatment of blockages in the urinary canals (nephrostomy and stent placement)
  • Interventional pain treatments

For more information, you can contact the
Call Center of Atlas University Faculty of Medicine Medicine Hospital at 444 0 205.

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