Interventional Radiology Procedures. Doctors may use IR to guide these procedures: Image-guided biopsies. Doctors specializing in IR use image-guided biopsy to make difficult diagnoses like cancer ...

With this approach, called interventional radiology (IR), doctors use imaging guidance paired with tools such as needles and catheters to pinpoint the exact area for treatment. At Memorial Sloan ...

When people have sedation from or under the direction of an anesthesiologist for procedures outside of an operating room, they’re more likely to go home instead of head to a long-term care ...

Patients who had common procedures performed outside of the operating room (OR) were more likely to go home instead of to a long-term care facility when they were discharged from the hospital if ...

Interventional radiology’s biggest appeal is providing effective treatment with little disruption to women’s daily life. IR procedures are performed through advanced imaging methods, which ...

Of those who were not discharged home, 1,429 (87%) had their sedation administered or directed by a physician who was not an anesthesiologist, often with the assistance of a nurse, and 210 (13% ...

“The interventional radiology procedure was by far the easiest,” remembers Lucas. Interventional radiology (IR) uses medical imaging to perform a variety of minimally invasive procedures, to ...

Most interventional radiology procedures only take a few minutes, but the prep time and setup are much more complex. “A patient who just needs something to ease the anxiety and discomfort of the ...

As Calgary’s population grows and the demand for IR procedures for patients like Lucas increases, so does the need for resources. Dr. Jason Wong, interventional radiologist, ...