Interventional Radiology

Todd R. Schlachter; Julius Chapiro; Rafael Duran; Vania Tacher; Camila Zamboni; Luke Higgins; Jean Francois Henri Geschwind

doi:10.1002/9781118512074.ch152

Book chapter

Interventional Radiology

Todd R. Schlachter, Julius Chapiro, Rafael Duran, Vania Tacher, Camila Zamboni, Luke Higgins and Jean Francois Henri Geschwind

Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology, pp.2909-2943

John Wiley & Sons Inc., Sixth edition

2016

DOI: 10.1002/9781118512074.ch152

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Abstract

Summary Vascular and interventional radiology (VIR or IR) utilizes minimally invasive image-guided targeted procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system. Image-guided percutaneous therapies play an important role in the treatment of patients with primary and secondary hepatic malignancies. Any condition that interferes with portal blood flow may cause portal hypertension. Classification of portal hypertension can be organized by anatomic site of obstruction: prehepatic (involving the splenic, mesenteric, or portal veins); intrahepatic (parenchymal liver diseases), and posthepatic (diseases involving the hepatic venous outflow). Interventional radiology allows for the minimally invasive placement of feeding and decompressing tubes in all segments of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Percutaneous image-guided biopsy is a widely accepted technique used to characterize and identify superficial and deep abdominal masses and collections. Finally, transjugular liver biopsy indications and outcomes are reviewed.

Liver Cancer

biliary interventions

gastrointestinal decompression

percutaneous gastric feeding tube

percutaneous gastrojejunostomy feeding tubes

percutaneous image-guided biopsy

portal vein interventions

transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

transjugular liver biopsy

vascular and interventional radiology

Details

Title: Subtitle: Interventional Radiology
Creators: Todd R. Schlachter - Johns Hopkins University
Julius Chapiro - Johns Hopkins University
Rafael Duran - Johns Hopkins University
Vania Tacher - Johns Hopkins University
Camila Zamboni - Johns Hopkins University
Luke Higgins - Johns Hopkins University
Jean Francois Henri Geschwind - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology, pp.2909-2943
Edition: Sixth edition
DOI: 10.1002/9781118512074.ch152
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Chichester, West Sussex
Number of pages: 35
Language: English
Date published: 2016
Academic Unit: Radiology
Record Identifier: 9985179851202771

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