Diagnostic Procedures
Non-Vascular Procedures
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram with biliary catheterization for drainage, balloon dilatation, catheter placement and metallic stent placement across the stricture for benign and malignant diseases.
- Percutaneous cholangioscopy and stone treatment (lithotripsy)
- Percutaneous cholecystostomy
- Percutaneous nephrostomy, ureteral catheterization, balloon dilatation and stent placement
- Percutaneous kidney stones lithotripsy
- Transoral tracheal/bronchial balloon plasty and metalic stent placement
- Percutaneous CT/US guided drainage and management of fluid collections in the chest and abdomen
- Percutaneous gastrostomy/enterostomy
- Percutaneous CT/US guided biopsies
Vascular Procedures
Occlusive Procedures and Others
- Cancer
treatment
with chemoinfusion, embolization and chemoembolization
in several organs, but mainly in the liver. Also the use of Selective
Internal
Radiation Therapy via micropheres for liver cancer.
- Embolization
- Inferior vena cava placement
- Intravascular foreign body retrieval
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Questions? Contact Us
For more information about Vascular & Interventional Radiology at
the Medical University of South Carolina, please contact:
Sandra Stringer
Interventional Radiology
169 Ashley Avenue, MSC 322
Charleston, SC 29425
(843) 876-5556
E-mail: stringes@musc.edu |