Interventional Radiology

Overview

Interventional radiology
Interventional radiology is an innovative branch of medicine in which physicians treat diseases by using X-rays and other imaging techniques to "see" inside the body while they guide narrow tubes called catheters through the blood vessels and other pathways of the body to the site of the problem. Many of these minimally-invasive procedures have replaced traditional surgery because they offer patients treatment options that are less costly and involve smaller incisions, less pain and shorter hospital stays.

At Ingalls, we perform almost 12,000 minimally-invasive procedures a year. That's more than any other hospital in the area.

Conditions that can be treated
Minimally-invasive procedures can be used to treat adults and children for conditions such as:

• Cancer
• Chronic pelvic pain in women
• Infertility
• Liver disease
• Peripheral vascular/arterial disease - blocked blood
   vessels in the legs or arms
• Stroke
• Uterine fibroid tumors - tumors in the uterus that can
   cause pain and heavy bleeding