SERVICES OFFERED

DIVISION OF INTREVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Department of Imaging and interventional radiology uses state of the art infrastructure at our facility to not only diagnose diseases but also offers treatment to variety of conditions using minimally invasive techniques without any scar. Our division of interventional radiology is one of the leading centres in south India who offers cutting edge advanced treatment of a variety of diseases.
Our centre is one of the first to start prostate artery embolization procedure for benign prostatic hyperplasia in the country.

Our department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology offers a wide range of services as listed below:

  • Fluoroscopic procedures
    • Percutaneous cholangiography
    • External/External Interim biliary drainage
  • Ultrasound guided procedures
    • Biopsy ; drainage , aspiration
    • Biopsies of masses and other body SOL
    • Core biopsy for diffuse liver diseases
  • CT guided procedures
    • biopsy , aspiration , drainages
    • biopsy of hepatic, pancreatic and other masses
    • Aspiration/Pigtail catheter drainage of Pancreatic and other fluid collections
    • Placement of Percutaneous Drainage Catheters (PCD)
    • Cholecystostomy
    • celiac plexus block
    • Radio frequency ablation of Liver, Kidney masses and metastases
    • Percutaneous Ethanol ablation of hepatic tumor
  • CATH LAB
  • Neuro Intervention
    • Diagnostic cerebral and carotid angiogram
    • Interventional Acute stroke management – Mechanical Thrombectomy with stent retrievers and Penumbra aspiration system
    • Intracranial Aneurysm coiling, balloon remodelling technique, stent assisted coiling, flow diverter placement
    • Endovascular embolization of arteriovenous malformation, dural arteriovenous fistulas and carotid cavernous fistula
    • Pre-operative embolization of intracranial head and neck tumours.
    • Carotid and intracranial stenting.
  • Venous angioplasty and stenting
  • Fistuloplasty and declotting ofArteriovenous fistula for dialysis acess.
  • Prostatic artery embolisation for Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
  • Partial splenic embolisation for ITP and haemolytic diseases.
  • Uterine artery embolisation for Post Partum Haemorrhage and uterine fibroid.
  • Bronchial artery embolisation for haemoptysis.
  • Sclerotherapy for Haemangioma and slow flow venous malformations.
  • Embolisation of peripheral arteriovenous malformation.
  • Interventional Oncology
    • TransarterialChemoembolisation (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma
    • TransarterialRadioembolization (TARE) with Iodine 131 and Yttrium 90
    • Radiofrequency and microwave ablation of liver, pancreas, renal , lung and bone tumours
    • Intra arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma
    • Pre operative embolization of vascular tumours
    • Biopsy of tumours of various systems with high success rate
    • Drainage of collections
    • Biliary drainage and palliative stenting
    • Endobilliary radiofrequency ablation
    • Palliative interventional pain management
  • Hepatobiliary and Abdominal intervention
    • Aortic and Visceral angiography, Super selective angiography for internal bleeding
    • Vascular interventional procedures – visceral artery embolization, aneurysm coiling, angioplasties
    • Biliary stenting
    • Transjugular Liver Biopsies
    • Percutaneous Transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) & Combined internal-external drainage
    • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt creation (TIPSS)
    • Direct Intrahepatic portocaval shunt creation (DIPS)
    • IVC Filter placement, Hepatic venography or venogram, IVC and Hepatic vein stenting
  • Lines and vascular access
    • Dialysis tunnel catheter placement – Permacath
    • Hickman line placement
    • PICC line placement
    • Chemoport insertion