When you have a CVAC, you are spared the irritation and discomfort of repeated needlesticks. More than 3.4 million CVACs are placed each year, and doctors increasingly recommend their use. Hemodialysis Interventional radiologists also open up blocked hemodialysis grafts, using procedures such as such as angioplasty or thrombolytic therapy . Tube Doctors often recommend placing a gastrostomy tube in the stomach for a variety of conditions in which a patient is unable to take sufficient food by mouth. In the procedure, the feeding tube is inserted through a small nick in the skin and into the stomach under X-ray guidance.
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. Some common causes of infertility in both women and men can now be treated without surgery by interventional radiologists. Often these treatments do not require hospitalization or general anesthesia.