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Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE

AuntMinnie

While anticoagulant medications to prevent further clot formation is a primary treatment in nonemergency cases, the use endovascular procedures such as arterial and venous thrombectomy to treat more severe cases has become increasingly common, according to McNamara. fold vs. 1.8-fold). Medicare and 46.8% commercial).

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Image-Guided Epidural Injections for Back Pain

Midstate Radiology Associates

As technology evolved, doctors turned to imaging-guided procedures using computed tomography (CT) or X-ray technology. Considered a minimally invasive procedure, image-guided epidural injections for back pain may be administered at a doctor’s office, surgical center or hospital imaging center.

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Advancing Precision Care: GE HealthCare Introduces an Innovative Solution to Help Expand Interventional CT Access

Imaging Technology

Interventional radiology – and specifically interventional CT – plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Laura Crocetti , associate professor of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa in Italy and deputy chairperson of the European Conference on Interventional Oncology ( ECIO )i.

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Another radiology taster week experience

Radiology Cafe

In the week I spent in the department, the radiologists had plenty of patient contact; from performing barium swallows, injecting contrast dye into shoulder joints to ultrasound scanning and performing minimally invasive procedure guided by a chosen imaging modality. The taster week was at Nottingham University Hospitals.