In addition to xray, bone scan, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, PET and ultrasound, interventional radiology plays a significant role in the diagnosing of cancer. Interventional Radiology departments of Franciscan Alliance’s northern Indiana hospitals offer board-certified physicians who use advanced technology to perform a wide range of diagnostic and treatment options that include:
Vascular Interventional
* Diagnostic peripheral, visceral and neuroangiography
* Peripheral atherectomy, cryoplasty thrombolysis
* Balloon angioplasty and covered and non-covered stent placement
* Mesenteric and renal angioplasty and stenting
* Retrieval of intravascular foreign body
Venous Interventional
* IVC filter placement
* Chest and arm port insertion
* Non-tunneled and tunneled central venous catheter placement
* Venous thrombolysis for DVT
* Venography
* Port checks
Dialysis Care
* Temporary and permanent dialysis catheter placement
* Complex dialysis access
* Mechanical and pharmacologic thrombolysis of dialysis grafts and fistulae
* Diagnostic imaging of fistulas and grafts
GI Interventional
* Ultrasound and CT guided biopsy of all sites
* Percutaneous trans hepatic cholangiogram
* Percutaneous biliary drainage and stenting
* Trans jugular intrahepatic portal systemic shunt
* Percutaneous abscess drainage
* Coil embolization of upper and lower GI bleeding
GU Interventional
* Uterine fibroid embolization
* Percutaneous nephrostomy and ante grade stent placement
* Coil embolization of varicoceles
Skeletal Interventional
* Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for treatment of compression fractures
* Bone biopsy
Interventional Oncology
* Preoperative embolization of renal tumors
* Pleurex catheter placement
* Cry ablation of tumors
* Chemoembolization
* Radio frequency ablation
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