Interventional radiology is an emerging discipline that uses percutaneous or transcatheter medical imaging equipment for diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment. As an emerging edge discipline, interventional radiology has become a new clinical discipline between traditional internal and external medicine, and is known as “the most promising medicine of the 21st century”.
At present, with the help of various catheters and instruments, interventional radiologists can “intervene” in almost all parts of the human body for diagnosis and accurate and fine treatment, and can partially replace surgery for the treatment of many diseases. The advantages of interventional treatment are
1, less trauma.
2. Repeatability.
3, accurate positioning.
4, high efficacy and rapid results.
5, low incidence of complications.
6.Higher cost performance.
What diseases can be treated with interventional therapy?
With the development of image monitoring equipment and more new interventional devices and drugs, as well as the emergence of multiple minimally invasive means and their combination, the content of interventional radiology has been further enriched and the treatment effect has been further improved. So far, our department has carried out more than 40 interventional treatment projects and completed more than 10,000 interventional procedures. At present, our department routinely carries out the following projects.
Malignant tumors.
Liver cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, intestinal cancer, gynecology and orthopedics and other malignant tumors. The treatment methods include super-selective intubation chemotherapy, embolization, radiofrequency ablation, intra-arterial irradiation combined with systemic chemotherapy, immunomodulation and other comprehensive treatments.
Benign tumors.
Uterine myoma, hepatic hemangioma, embolization of oral and maxillofacial and extremity hemangiomas, etc.
Vascular diseases.
Embolization of various aneurysms and vascular malformations, angiographic stenosis and occlusion, stent implantation and thrombolysis of vascular thromboembolism, inferior vena cava filter implantation and embolization treatment, embolization treatment of hypersplenism, etc.
Hemorrhagic diseases.
Embolization treatment of branch enlargement hemoptysis, gastrointestinal bleeding, intractable nasal hemorrhage, postpartum hemorrhage, traumatic hemorrhage (naso-oral hemorrhage caused by skull base fracture, peritoneal pelvic hemorrhage after pelvic fracture, hepatic, splenic and renal rupture hemorrhage, etc.)
Non-vascular diseases.
Diseases such as esophageal, biliary and airway stenosis, infertility and ectopic pregnancy caused by blockage of nasolacrimal duct and fallopian tube. Pulmonary, hepatic, abdominal (subphrenic or subhepatic), suction drainage of retroperitoneal abscess, puncture sclerotherapy of hepatic and renal cysts, nephrostomy for hydronephrosis, gastrostomy for various causes of feeding difficulties or nasal feeding difficulties.
Skeletal system diseases.
Vertebroplasty treatment for vertebral compression fractures caused by osteoporosis or tumor metastasis, minimally invasive treatment for intervertebral disc herniation, interventional treatment for femoral head necrosis, etc.
Diseases of the nervous system.
Embolization of cerebral aneurysm, cranial vascular malformation (AVM), early thrombolytic treatment of acute cerebral infarction, internal carotid artery stenoplasty and stent implantation, embolization of carotid cavernous sinus fistula, etc.
Puncture biopsy of mass lesions at different sites and diagnostic imaging of tumors and vascular lesions.