Vascular procedures
- Diagnostic angiography.
- Embolization in refractory nasal bleeding or hemoptysis [Blood in cough].
- Embolization of Head and Neck tumors like nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
- Embolization in Gastrointestinal Bleeding not amenable to endoscopic interventions.
- Embolization of Post traumatic or post operative renal bleed.
- Renal angioplasty in Renovascular hypertension.
- Central Venous Access
- Trans jugular liver biopsy
- Angioplasty of Budd- Chiari Syndrome / IVC occlusion
- IVC and Hepatic vein stenting.
- Vena Cava Filter Placement in Deep vein thrombosis.
- Trans jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for refractory bleeding, ascites or hepatic hydrothorax in patients with cirrhosis.
Non-vascular procedures
- USG and CT guided FNAC and biopsies.
- Percutaneous drainages of Liver abscess, abdominal collections,
- Percutaneous biliary drainage and biliary stenting to reduce jaundice.
- Trans gastric infected peripancreatic collection drainage in acute pancreatitis.
- Percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteral stenting in obstructive uropathy [Hydronephrosis]
- Fallopian Tube recanalization to treat infertility.
- Esophageal stenting
Interventional Radiology Advantages
- Most procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis or require only a short hospital stay
- General anesthesia is usually not required
- Risk, pain and recovery time are often much less
- Procedures are usually less expensive than surgery