ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROCEDURES

Ultrasound-guided procedures can be performed in clinic, and have a number of advantages. Structures are visualized in real-time, and a needle can be visualized throughout the encounter without the use of damaging radiation, or the need to attend a hospital or imaging facility. Ultrasound is used for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. While some procedures are not possible with ultrasound (including deep structures, the inside of some joints or patients with a large body habitus), more superficial structures are visualized very well. Ultrasound can be used for diagnosis of select injuries in patients who cannot tolerate other procedures, such as patients with a pacemaker or patients with anxiety or claustrophobia. Procedures include diagnostic and therapeutic injections of the hip and shoulder. When compared with blind injections, complication rates are significantly lower as a result of the constant visualization. In addition, ultrasound highlights structures such as nerves and blood vessels, which can then be avoided during a procedure.

Interventional Radiology (IR) is minimally invasive, image guided surgery and, until recently, was a subspecialty of radiology. ... Diagnostic radiologists use medical images such as X-rays, fluoroscopy or continuous X-rays, ultrasound, CT scans and MRI scans to diagnose diseases anywhere in the body.

Interventional Radiology Procedures

What procedures are done in interventional radiology?

1.) Angiography.
2.) Fine needle aspiration cylogy.
3.) Biopsy.
4.) Catheter drainages.
5.) Diagnostic body fluid aspirations.
6.) Therapeutic aspirations.
7.) Biliary drainage and stenting.
8.) Central venous access.
9.) Gastrostomy tube.