CIRSE (Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe) procedure information for patients
Instructions for patients with peripheral artery disease
Thermal percutaneous ablation of bone tumors is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle that generates heat at the tip of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
Rendgenska pretraga arterija i vena koja služi za dijagnosticiranje okluzija i drugih krvožilnih stanja: koristi se kateter kojim se ulazi u krvnu žilu te se upotrebom kontrastnog sredstva rtg prikažu arterije i vene.
Opens an occluded or narrowed blood vessel; it is performed by placing a small balloon in a blood vessel, which is then inflated. It is used in interventional radiology to restore flow in occluded or narrowed blood vessels in the legs and arms (peripheral vascular disease), kidneys, brain or elsewhere in the body.
Basivertebral nerve ablation is a completely percutaneous procedure performed under local anesthesia with the help of a bipolar articulating electrode that has two thermal sensors for reading the ablation zone.
A stent is used to establish the island of bile from the biliary system in case of narrowing or obstruction of the bile ducts of the liver.
Biopsies of suspicious lesions are performed under CT control, under local anesthesia with the patient lying on his back or stomach depending on the location of the biopsy.
A diagnostic test for the detection of breast, lung, etc. cancer, as an alternative to surgical biopsy.
Inserting a catheter under the skin into a blood vessel so that the patient can receive medication or nutrients directly into the bloodstream; or used to draw blood.
Delivery of clotting agents (coils, plastic particles, gelfoam, etc.) directly to the site of bleeding or to the site where the vascularization is pathological, for example in the case of an aneurysm or fibroid of the uterus.
With an epidural injection, drugs are administered directly into the epidural space, a combination of corticosteroids and local anesthetic.
Catheter introduced into the stomach in patients who are unable to take food by mouth.
In 40-60% of patients with chronic back pain, the pain is caused by degenerative changes in the facet joints or SI joints.
A method of treating disc herniation using a gel that is injected percutaneously into the affected disc.
A catheter is used to establish the patency of non-passable fallopian tubes without the need for surgery. intervention; it is also used in the treatment of infertility.
Delivery of chemotherapeutics directly to the site of the tumor itself; today it is used to treat cancers of the endocrine system, including melanomas and liver tumors.
Kyphoplasty is a percutaneous, minimally invasive method of treating vertebral compression fractures in which conservative treatment after 4 weeks did not give results.
Contrast ultrasound (CEUS) contrast-enhanced ultrasound -is a non-invasive and non-ionizing radiological imaging method with the use of a contrast medium.
HHT, also called Mb Osler, is a congenital genetic disorder of small blood vessels with a frequency of 1 in 2,500 – 40,000 people in Europe, with geographic diversity; the condition is characterized by the flow of arterial blood directly into the veins, forming weakened, ballooning blood vessels that can often rupture in various places.
Use of angioplasty or thrombolysis to establish patency of occluded dialysis catheters.
Radiofrequency percutaneous ablation of osteoid osteoma is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle that generates heat at the tip over an area of several millimeters to several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
A flexible tube made of plastic or wire mesh that is used in a number of conditions (eg, to keep open a blocked blood vessel or other passageway that is narrowed or obstructed by a tumor or other condition.
Reinforces a ruptured or post-dilated artery (or aneurysm) using a material-wrapped stent. Also known as endograft.
Thermal tumor ablation is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle, which generates heat at the top of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
Intervention to improve blood flow and prevent bleeding in vitally endangered patients with severe liver dysfunction.
It dissolves the blood clot by injecting thrombolytic agents into the area of the clot itself.
Embolization procedures on uterine arteries that stop life-threatening bleeding after childbirth, with the possibility of preventing hysterectomy. It is also used to treat fibroids (uterine fibroid embolization).
Embolization procedures on uterine arteries that reduce painful, enlarged, benign uterine tumors.
The vertebroplasty method is known and has been used for many years to "strengthen" a weak vertebra, whether the reason for its weakness is a fracture due to osteoporosis or metastatic disease of the spine due to malignant diseases.
Parts of blood vessels that protrude outward (aneurysms) can often be treated without the need for surgery. procedures by interventional radiologists. A catheter is introduced into the blood vessel, over which a material is placed that prevents the blood supply to the aneurysmal dilatation.
AVMs are abnormal blood vessels in the brain or elsewhere. Untreated, they can rupture, causing life-threatening bleeding. Interventional radiologists can often treat such abnormalities without the need for surgery. involves introducing a catheter to the site of the malformation, injecting an agent that stops the blood supply to the affected blood vessel.
It can be treated with embolization, a procedure in which the supply arteries to the prostate tissue are blocked through a blood vessel to cause the organ to shrink in size.
Thermal ablation of benign thyroid nodules is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure performed with a special needle, which generates heat at the tip of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue while creating a scar and reducing the overall size.
Hemorrhoids are one of the most common diseases of the digestive system. About 50% of people have hemorrhoids at least once in their lifetime, and they can be effectively treated with embolization.
In some patients, elevated blood pressure is the result of narrowing of the blood vessels of the kidneys. Such renal hypertension can often be cured by angioplasty.
Patients with numerous diseases can develop places of persistent infection (abscess) in the body. The infection can be drained by introducing a catheter through a small incision in the skin to the site of the abscess.
They form in the deep veins of the lower extremities (DVT deep vein thrombosis), and can cause chronic swelling of the legs, pain when walking. There is a possibility of the thrombus moving to the lungs (pulmonary embolism, PE) or the heart – causing a life-threatening complication. Interventional radiologists dissolve the clot using thrombolytic agents, which restore flow through the blood vessel, which prevents permanent vessel damage that is a common side effect of DVT.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a non-invasive radiological method that does not emit radiation and is performed with the use of a contrast medium. It is safe for patients with poor kidney function because the contrast medium is removed from the body through the respiratory tract.
Some forms of cancer, for example of the endocrine system, which spread to the liver, can be treated by direct injection of a chemotherapy agent into the tumor itself - chemoembolization.
Fallopian tube catheterization is used to establish the patency of impassable fallopian tubes without the need for surgery, and is also used in the treatment of infertility.
The ureter - the tube through which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder can become obstructed in certain conditions (kidney stones, other causes). The interventional radiologist can introduce a catheter through the skin to the kidney and drain it.
Thermal percutaneous ablation of a kidney tumor is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle that generates heat at the tip of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
Thermal percutaneous ablation of a liver tumor is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle, which generates heat at the tip of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
Thermal percutaneous ablation of lung tumors is a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure, which is performed with a special needle that generates heat at the tip of an area of several centimeters and thus destroys the tumor tissue.
Uterine fibroid embolization – embolization procedures on uterine arteries that reduce painful, enlarged, benign uterine tumors.
When a patient is bleeding inside the body due to an injury to one of the blood vessels caused by trauma, the interventional radiologist finds the bleeding site angiographically, and stops the bleeding by introducing various means through the catheter (coils, gelfoam).
Patients with certain chronic diseases or other conditions where there is a long period of inactivity can develop blood clots that can migrate to the lungs and heart. By placing special filters (VCF) in the blood vessel, interventional radiologists stop the further migration of blood clots
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