High standards of treatment with less intervention
Interventional radiologists are specially trained doctors who use X-rays and other imaging techniques to "see" inside the body while they guide narrow tubes (catheters) and other very small instruments through the blood vessels and other pathways of the body to the site of a problem, treating a variety of medical disorders without surgery. Procedures performed by interventional radiologists (IRs) are generally less costly and less traumatic to the patient.
On the sidebar are the most common types of procedures performed by an Interventional Radiologist. Your family physician will discuss with you the need for these types of procedures and make the referral to the Interventional Radiologist.
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