Interventional Radiology Patient Information

Click here to read the article from RadiologyInfo, titled "Chemoembolization"

Click here to read the article from RadiologyInfo, titled "What is Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)?"

Click here to read the article from RadiologyInfo, titled "What is Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors?"

Click here to read the article from RadiologyWise about Uterine Fibroid Embolization.

Click here to read the article from RadiologyWise about Vertebroplasty.

The following information has been provided by the Society of Interventional Radiology. (www.sirweb.org)

The following articles can also be found at: http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/whatIsAnIR.shtml
under the heading IR Treatments, or by clicking on the links below:

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)
Angioplasty & stent placement
Cancer
Chronic pelvic pain in women
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Gastrostomy (feeding tubes)
Infertility
Liver disease
Peripheral vascular/arterial disease (PVD or PAD)
Radiofrequency ablation
Stroke
Uterine Fibroid Embolization
Vertebroplasty

Permission for use of these articles on this site was given by SIR, July 2003.