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Minimally Invasive Procedure May Spare Patients from Thyroid Surgery

Imaging Technology

Microwave ablation, a minimally invasive procedure that uses heat to destroy tumors, is currently under preliminary investigation and could be a viable alternative to surgery for some patients. director of interventional medicine at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China.

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The state of radiology: Part 1 -- Is practice building dead?

AuntMinnie

Greg Nicola “Practices and departments need a subset of radiologists to be on-premise to perform minimally invasive procedures, fluoroscopy, and provide in-person consultation for clinicians," Nicola explained. Greg Nicola, MD, is chair of the American College of Radiology's Commission on Medical Economics.

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Tricuspid Valve Repair with MitraClip

Global Radiology CME

However, minimally invasive methods are starting to gain popularity as the mainstay of treatment. These minimally invasive procedures include heterotopic caval transcatheter valve implantation, transcatheter tricuspid valve annuloplasty, and tricuspid clip placement (MitraClip) [4,5].