Children A number of medical problems that affect women and children can now be diagnosed and treated by interventional radiologists without surgery. Often, these interventional radiology treatments do not require hospitalization or general anesthesia. Patients usually may return to normal activity shortly after the procedure.
Interventional radiologists can diagnose and treat chronic pelvic pain.
First, an X-ray called a venogram is performed. An X-ray dye is injected to show the abnormal veins. Next, the veins can be blocked by injecting tiny coils into the vein, cutting blood flow to the affected area, and shrinking the varicose veins.