Interventional Radiology

The following procedures are being performed at the HYGEIA Interventional Radiology Department:

• Diagnostic digital transarterial angiography on all organs (brain, neck, spinal cord, chest, abdomen, viscera, upper and lower limbs)
• Diagnostic venography
• Percutaneous RF ablation of hepatic and renal tumors
• Embolization of benign and malignant hepatic, renal, upper and lower limb tumors 
• Varicocele treatment using embolization
• Preoperative embolization of portal vein, spleen or visceral tumors
• Angioplasty and stent placement in stenoses or obstructions of upper and lower limb arteries, visceral arteries (e.g. renal arteries) as well as carotid arteries.
• Thrombolysis or thrombectomy of visceral and peripheral arteries and veins
• Thrombolysis of pulmonary and venous branches (e.g. superior vena cava, innominate and subclavian veins)
• Dilation of venous stenosis and stent placement (e.g. superior vena cava syndrome)
• Restoration of abdominal aortic aneurysm by placing intraluminal stents
• Placement of filters in the inferior vena cava to prevent pulmonary embolism
• Embolization of arteriovenous malformations, communications and tumors on any part of the body – limbs and viscera (benign/malignant tumors, as well as pulmonary, digestive system, female organs and hepatic bleeding)
• Placement and management of central venous catheters for hemodialysis or chemotherapy
• Placement and management of special chemotherapy ports
• Percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteral stent placement (pigtail)
• Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and biliary drainage, with or without stent
• Transjugular liver biopsy
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)
• Percutaneous drainage of intrathoracic and intra-abdominal fluid collection under U/S or CT guidance, at the relevant departments
• Percutaneous biopsies under U/S or CT guidance, at the relevant departments
• Percutaneous gastrostomy or gastrojejunostomy in patients who cannot receive food by mouth 
• Percutaneous stent placement in obstructions or stenosis of the esophagus and duodenum