Interventional radiology refers to the use of medical imaging such as MRI, CT scan, X-rays, and ultrasound to perform minimally invasive procedures for diagnosis and treatment of chronic conditions. These chronic problems such as a varicose vein, fibroids, aneurysm, and leg ulcers can cause debilitating pain, which affects your daily living activities. Houston interventional radiology clinic offers minimally invasive interventional radiology procedures with better outcomes with less pain, shorter recovery period, less pain, and lower complication risks.
Biopsies
A team of interventional radiology specialists at Alate Health may remove a sample of your tissue or cell at the affected area to diagnose your illness. The following type of biopsy helps to differentiate cancerous from noncancerous cells.
Bone marrow biopsy: Long needles are inserted into your hip bone to check the spread of cancer cells and single out conditions such as leukemia, anemia, lymphoma, and an infection.
Endoscopic biopsy: It uses flexible tools to get samples from the lung, colon, and bladder.
Needle biopsy: It is used to collect skin samples for testing of the illness.
Skin biopsy: Used to collect rash and lesion samples from the skin
Surgical biopsy: Used to collect samples from inaccessible areas, such as tumors in the abdomen near the aorta.
Radiofrequency ablation
It is a non-surgical and minimally invasive procedure that uses heat to stop pain transmission in the back, neck, knee, leg, pelvic and peripheral nerves. Radiofrequency waves burn the nerve, transmitting pain, hence eliminating pain transmission signals to the brain. It is used to treat chronic conditions such as spine arthritis, neuroma, sacroiliitis, and neuritis.
Embolization
It uses a catheter to put plugging material into the blood vessels to block them from causing severe pain. It is used to stop ongoing bleeding from nasal bleeding, trauma, and intracranial bleeding, and shrink fibroids for surgery.
Uterine fibroid embolization is used to block blood vessels which cause heavy menstrual bleeding and fibroid tumor pain.
On the other hand, prostate artery embolization helps to treat noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland in men.
Pulmonary embolism is used to prevent blood clots in the lungs
Thrombolysis
It is a treatment that involves dissolving harmful blood clots in blood vessels to improve blood flow and prevent tissue and organ damage. It is used to alleviate symptoms of severe heart attack and ischemic strokes.
The common thrombolytic agents used are TNKase, striptease, Reta vase, and Eminase.
Stenting
A stent is a small and expandable tube used to treat narrowed blood vessels in your body. Coronary stents and percutaneous coronary interventions help alleviate and treat heart attack, chronic chest pain, and open narrowed arteries.
Angioplasty
It is a medical procedure used to open blocked and narrowed arteries around the heart. It helps prevent coronary artery diseases, heart attack, and atherosclerosis, which can potentially cause the plaque build-up to rupture, spilling cholesterol in the blood vessels, resulting in narrowing and blockage.
Consult an interventional radiologist today
Interventional radiology procedures are usually less painful, less risky, and less complicated, unlike traditional surgeries. If you have chronic conditions such as varicose veins, which could be affecting your appearance or causing excruciating pain, conduct an interventional radiology specialist at Alate Health in Houston, Texas, and get the procedure that will get rid of your condition.
