INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: Some Pretty Neat Stuff

Benjamin B. Smith, MD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Radiology Associates of the Fox Valley

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Overview

Training History Tools Sampling of procedures

Interventional Radiologist (IR) 4 years undergraduate (Bachelor’s degree) 4 years medical school (MD) 1 year internship 4 years residency 1 to 2 years fellowship

Total of 14 years of training after high school

IR History

Incredibly innovative specialty Vergence of imagination and technology Procedures spanning the spectrum of human pathology

Invented by interventional radiologistsSeldinger technique for vascular accessAngioplastyStentsEmbolization procedures (plugging up arteries and

veins)Thrombolysis (clot busting/dissolution)Tumor ablationEndovenous laser ablationMany cardiac procedures

IR History

IR ToolsCathetersWiresBalloonsStentsEmbolics (coils, glue, particles, plugs)Filters

IR ToolsCatheters

Wires

IR Tools

Balloons

IR Tools

Stents

IR Tools

Embolics

IR Tools

Filters

IR Tools

Blocked arteries and veins Bleeding Aneurysms Tumors Women’s health Clot busting Drainage of infected fluid

Procedures

Stroke Fractures Biopsies Vascular access Dialysis access maintenance Etc.

Procedures

Blocked Vessels

Blocked Vessels

Blocked Vessels

Bleeding

Bleeding

Aneurysms

Women’s Health

Pre Left Uterine Artery

PostLeft Uterine Artery

Pre Right Uterine Artery

PostRight Uterine Artery

PRE

3 Months Post EmboReduced Bulk Related Symptoms and Bleeding

Transmural and Subserosal Fibroids

Women’s Health

Tumors

Tumors

Minimally invasiveLow complication rateQuick recovery timesProcedures across the spectrum of specialties

Review

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