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Interventional Radiology Center

Interventional therapy

A unique area of radiation treatment that combines imaging and therapy is called interventional therapy. Typically, radiologists working in specialized interventional radiology facilities apply it externally. When administering the therapy, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, tomography, or x-ray machine is employed as a guide.

In the discipline of interventional radiology, diagnostic tests are carried out in addition to therapeutic procedures. In these therapeutic and diagnostic treatments, specialized materials like biopsy needles, catheters (special plastic tubes), and wires are employed as evidence.

The patients are given local anesthetic during the procedure, and the patients' comfort is crucial because they are rarely monitored for a day or two in the hospital. Compared to surgery, the post-therapy phase lasts less time, and patients can resume their social lives sooner. In comparison to open surgery, the amount of post-therapy discomfort, the length of hospital stays, and the risk of complications are all quite low.

What causes interventional treatments?

• When surgery is not an option, interventional therapy can be used.
• Interventional therapy outcomes are comparable to those of surgical therapy approaches and other treatment modalities.
• Normal requirements don't include things like general anesthesia.
• There are extremely few risks and problems.
• quick hospital stays and top-notch medical facilities.
• In general, cheaper alternatives to surgical procedures are preferred.

In general, cheaper alternatives to surgical procedures are preferred.

A relatively new area of medical specialty called interventional radiology performs limited operations without using an operating room or open surgery.

With the use of small needles (percutaneous) or specific intravenous needles, wires, catheters (long, flexible thin tubes), tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging techniques, our center provides interventional radiotherapy and angiography. We offer both therapeutic and diagnostic services.

In order to achieve the ideal outcome (100% success, 0% complications) in all of our interventional procedures, we plan quality control issues such as procedures, patient preparation, equipment, and staff using international evidence. We follow the success and complications criteria outlined in the international guidelines.

Our interventional radiologist evaluates each patient prior to the treatment, and if necessary, imaging and laboratory tests are run.

Special therapies in our department that call for expertise, knowledge, and experience are accredited and hold worldwide diplomas.

The following diseases are treated at the interventional radiology center:

• Interventional oncology
• Diagnosis and therapy of vascular diseases
• Diagnosis and therapy of bleeding
• Cancer
• Urinary obstruction
• Non-surgical therapy of uterine fibroids
• Uterine fibroid embolization
• Uterine fibroids ablation
• Treating fibroids by HIFU
• Osteoporosis – collapse of the spine without surgery
• Non-surgical therapy of prostatic hyperplasia.
• A bile duct obstruction
• Diagnosis and non-surgical therapy of thyroid nodules
• Non-surgical therapy of obesity
• Drainage abscess – Cyst aspiration
• Atherosclerosis or obstruction therapy
• Interventional radiology for cancer patients
• Diabetic foot wounds (wounds on the feet of diabetic patients)
• Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Treatment of Bleeding and embolization
• Treatment of Cerebrovascular diseases
• Aortic aneurysm (Abdominal aortic aneurysm)
• Treatment of carotid stenosis
• Laser capillary therapy
• Vascular malformation
• Vein obstruction (deep vein thrombosis)
• Varicose veins and modern treatment methods
• Varicose capillaries
• Venous obstruction of the leg
• Deep vein thrombosis therapy (vein occlusion).
• Treatment of fistula, obstruction for patients with dialysis
• Drainage biopsies and removal of bleeding fluid from the affected area
• Cyst therapy (including a hydatid cyst with a parasite cyst)
• Vertebral fractures therapy (vertebroplasty)

Diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease

• Diseases that cause vascular occlusion, such as atherosclerosis and vasculitis, are diagnosed by angiography and can be treated with balloon angioplasty
• Vascular tumors& arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) can be treated with Targeted vascular embolization
• Brain aneurysm (aneurysm), peripheral aneurysms, visceral artery aneurysm, aortic aneurysms, embolization or special stents (endovascular graft, stent covering etc.)
• Laser therapy of varicose veins without surgery
• Carotid, vertebrate, cerebral and spine angiography
• Imaging the arm (upper limb)
• Lung, vascular, renal bronchus (angiography)
• Mesenteric angiography
• Hepatic angiography
• Thoracic aorta, abdominal aortic angiography
• Aortic aneurysm (non-surgical graft therapy)
• Aneurysm of the peripheral and visceral arteries
• Non-surgical therapy of brain aneurysm
• Hemangioma
• liver hemangioma
• Venous malformation
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Lymphoma
• Lymphocytes
• Artery disease, angioplasty therapy
• Carotid artery occlusion, treatment with stents, and carotid stenting
• Treating blocked leg vessels (atherosclerosis, Buerger disease, diabetic foot)
• Mesenteric ischemia, mesenteric thrombosis
• Renal artery stenosis, stent of the renal artery
• Laser treatment of varicose veins
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Pulmonary embolization
• Vena cava filter
• A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
• A central venous catheter
• Non-surgical therapy of varicocele
• Foreign body removal
• Renal vein blood sampling – Renal venous sampling
• Adrenal Vein Blood Sampling – Adrenal venous sampling
• Thyroid venous blood sampling – Thyroid venous sampling
• TIPS – Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts
• Dialysis fistula therapy
• Venous stenosis – obstruction of stents

Diagnosis and therapy of bleeding

Intravenous embolization of life-threatening bleeding is a significant treatment in interventional radiology.

• Emergency therapy of gastrointestinal tract, lung, vaginal bleeding, brain and internal organs, painful bleeding and postoperatively is lifesaving.
• Gastrointestinal bleeding, embolization
• Lung hemorrhage, hemoptysis, and embolization.
• Shock hemorrhage, embolization
• Postoperative bleeding.
• Bladder prostate bleeding.
• Vaginal bleeding.
• Brain hemorrhage, brain aneurysm, brain AVM, subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Bleeding of organs such as the liver, kidneys and spleen.

Cancer treatment

"Leukemogenic cancer therapy" (also known as cancer targeted therapy) is gaining popularity in the treatment of cancer.

In the contemporary oncology strategy, interventional tumors play a significant role.

Our chances of eliminating malignant tissue are increased when tumors are removed using targeted chemistry and radiation.

In order to treat malignant tissue and deliver focused therapy, interventional oncology is at the core of innovative technological therapeutic methods.

• Liver cancer
• Liver metastases (cancer has spread to the breast, colon, pancreas, stomach, lung, neuroendocrine glands, etc.)
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Kidney cancer
• Pancreatic cancer.
• Lung cancer.
• Bone cancer and bone metastases.
• Microwave ablation.
• HIFU ablation
• Radiation collection, microsphere therapy in the aforementioned way.
• Chemotherapy
• A pancreatic biopsy.
• A liver biopsy.
• A renal biopsy.
• A lung biopsy.
• A thyroid biopsy.
• A bone marrow biopsy.
• A spine biopsy.
• A lymph node biopsy.
• A breast biopsy

Treatment of urinary tract obstruction

In some patients, if a nephrectomy is necessary, we will perform an endoscopy in the urinary tract, which is crucial to preserve the health of the kidneys, especially in children, so continuing treatment is required. Urinary obstruction problems are diagnosed by ultrasound or tomography and other tests.

• Nephrostomy (external kidney drainage tube)
• Installing stents in the urethra
• Pediatric nephrectomy

Non-surgical treatment of thoracic vertebral osteoarthritis

If there is a vertebral fall or fragility, bone cement is injected into the affected vertebrae. It is treated with an x-ray or computer tomography machine.

The following treatments work to strengthen and prevent the spine:

• Treatment of correction or modification of vertebrae, deviation of the thoracic vertebrae
• Operations to treat the vertebrae of the spine

Cholelithiasis therapy

Cholelithiasis brought on by malignancy, surgical complications, or stones damages the kidneys and disrupts liver function.

Chemotherapy problem is brought on by high bile levels in the blood. Percutaneous biliary drainage is the process of removing bile from the body by inserting a tiny plastic catheter into the bile ducts.

The following are some procedures for the gallbladder and bile ducts using balloons or stents:

• Biliary drainage (percutaneous biliary drainage)
• Biliary stents (percutaneous biliary stents)
• Dilatation of the balloon in the bile duct (percutaneous bile balloon dilatation)
• HIFU bile duct ablation

Drainage abscess (cyst removal)

Drip irrigation or catheter drainage may be used in the treatment of abscesses, renal cysts, and hydatid cysts of the liver) in the abdomen and lung membrane (empyema).

• Abdominal abscess drainage
• Pelvic abscess drainage
• lung abscess drainage
• Pleural effusion drainage – aspiration
• Ascites / drainage aspiration ascites
• Kidney aspiration and sclerosis
• Cystic aspiration of the liver and sclerotherapy
• Hydatid cyst, a parasitic liver cyst

Non-surgical therapy for obese patients

Patients who have some degree of obesity can lose weight without surgery by having the intestinal basilar artery embolized (bariatric embolization), which decreases the secretion of the "appetite" hormone.

The key benefit of this therapy is that it has far lower complication rates than gastric surgery.

• Bariatric embolization
• Left gastric artery ischemia
• Gastric artery embolization

Pathological biopsies

To diagnose tissue samples collected from various organs, special needles are examined in the lab using several imaging techniques, including tomography, ultrasound, and others.

Local anesthetic and daily hospitalization are typically used for these surgeries.

Tumor treatment map

Tumor markers are created using materials like metal wire for diagnostic (for surgical tissue removal) or therapeutic (before Cyber Knife) purposes; this method is essentially the same as the biopsy procedure.

Procedures for removing fluid through catheterization

The ultrasonography can be punctured using specialized needles. Urine, bile, and any amassed abscess contents are removed, the cyst is drained (drainage), and then, if required, the catheter is inserted. It can be positioned in this location, and occasionally it can be moved back to prevent fluid buildup.

Intravenous catheter

When appropriate vascular access is not possible or access to blood vessels is necessary, the intravenous catheter can be used. For instance, a catheter can be inserted from a vein like the neck or arm into the major vein system with the needles and wires for chemotherapy and dialysis by using ultrasound or x-ray imaging. Catheters are occasionally put into the arteries for similar reasons.

Vascular Therapies

Similar to stents and coronary arterial hypertrophy in the heart, interventional radiologists can use angiography to treat cardiovascular disorders in addition to treating all other organs in the body. Sometimes the goal may be to shut the vessel that causes bleeding or obstructs blood flow rather than just to open the channel in question.

Treatment of vasoconstriction and obstruction

Organs and different kinds of blood vessels may get constricted and blocked as a result of clots from various reasons that form in the arteries or veins. For instance, elevated blood pressure and impaired kidney function can result from a blockage in a leg artery in diabetic patients.

Following diagnostic angiography, constricted veins (as is the case with cardiac vessels) may require angioplasty (balloon aneurysm) and/or stenting (artificial vein).

Blood thinners or mechanical means can be used to dissolve clots that are abruptly obstructing the arteries or veins. Given that a clot in the venous veins might obstruct the lungs and cause serious complications, a filter may be implanted intravenously (similar to an umbrella).

Hemorrhage therapy

For acute or chronic hemorrhagic vessels caused by trauma to various organs, tumors, aneurysms, peptic ulcers, and other conditions, embolization (obstruction) therapies can be used.

Particulate particles, metal arms, or sticky or clogged liquid ingredients are occasionally used in methods that can save lives.

Varicose treatment and abnormal congenital vascular structures

Congenital or developmental arteries, veins, or lymph vessels, together with aberrant blood vessel and skin development, can result in bleeding in addition to loss of function, which serves an essential cosmetic purpose.

Sclerotherapy, liquid medications, intravenous laser therapy, and other interventional radiology procedures are used to successfully treat these disorders.

Oncology therapies

By identifying, diagnosing, treating, and resolving cancer patients' difficulties, interventional radiologists help to improve the quality of life for all cancer patients.

Rapid interventional radiation, particularly for liver tumors, may be suggested to the patient as a first or second option in addition to being the final resort.

Tumor ablation

In addition to radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation therapies, cryoablation, or by injecting substances like alcohol therapy, special needles are examined by ultrasonography or tomography.

This technique is particularly effective and safe for the liver, as well as for the treatment of lung, kidney, bone myoma, etc.

Ultrasound frequency therapy to administer chemotherapy by heating

The method of angiography known as chemical decomposition is used to treat primary liver tumors, liver cancer, and metastatic tumors. After using thin catheters to enter the liver vein, chemotherapy-loaded microspheres (such as irinotecan and doxorubicin) are injected into the tumor bed to increase the time that the tumor is in contact with the drug. This increases the therapy's effectiveness and lowers the risk of chemotherapy's adverse effects on the patient. The microspheres also prevent the tumor tissues' blood vessels from supplying them with nutrients.

Ultrasound frequency therapy to administer radiotherapy

In primary tumors (liver cancer and metastatic tumors), radiotherapy elimination is also a common angiographic technique. A radioisotope-loaded microsphere is injected into the tumor bed after being introduced via a narrow catheter into the liver vein. The beta rays produced by this microscope have an average tissue penetration depth of 2.5 mm and last for several weeks.

Because of the impact of radiation and the tumor cell's own death, the DNA structure of the tumor cell is subsequently disturbed. If a tumor in the hepatic portal vein is blocking blood flow, this procedure may be used. Chemical decomposition has the advantages of being simpler for the patient to endure, producing results in fewer sessions, and having the ability to treat huge lesions.

Despite these benefits, the therapy requires two stages and multiple disciplines, and it can only be carried out in approved private facilities.

Neurotherapies

Neurotherapies include treatments for conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the nervous system. Both the symptoms of function loss, paralysis, etc. and major, life-threatening consequences can result from these disorders. The disorders of brain hemorrhage and aneurysm-induced paralysis (stroke) are among those that can be treated using interventional radiology.

Carotid stenting

Both temporary and permanent paralysis may result from the carotid artery, a constriction and obstruction of the carotid veins that provide blood to the brain.

Carotid vasoconstriction can be treated surgically or with stenting, however stenting is better, especially for people with heart problems.

Cerebral aneurysms

Aneurysms (bullae) in the cerebral vessels run the danger of bursting depending on things including position, size, patient gender, and smoking. One of the most deadly and dramatic medical disorders, hemorrhagic aneurysms sadly result in one-third of patients passing away before they reach the hospital. High-risk aneurysms should be found and treated in advance, if at all possible. Open surgery for these blood arteries is less safe and more ineffective than intravenous therapy (metal coils, etc.).

Acute stroke

Within the first six hours, the cerebral vascular paralysis is radiologically addressed.

The angiography approach is mostly used to remove the blood clot from the brain vein. In comparison to other medications, it has been shown to be beneficial, and paralysis and loss of function can be greatly avoided.

The division that performs surgical treatment without surgery is interventional radiology, which uses techniques including angiography, tomography, ultrasound, and tomography. In contrast to disorders of the eyes or the heart, interventional radiology does not focus on a specific disease or organ system.

Many organ systems can be treated surgically without undergoing surgery.

All vascular therapies (occlusion, enlargement, bleeding, etc.) carried out with angiography, with the exception of the cardiac vessels, are covered by the discipline of interventional radiology.

performs fluid and cyst treatments as well as needle biopsies inside the body. It treats several cancers, particularly liver cancer. treatment for varicose veins. It turns out that vascular disorders are the most common illnesses, yet they also treat many other illnesses. All methods have one thing in common: there is no need for surgery because therapies are inserted through the hole. Patients are often treated with cutting-edge equipment.

Interventional radiology procedure characteristics

The ability of interventional radiology treatments to create some preoperative therapies without surgery is their most significant characteristic. Physiotherapy and angiography rooms are used instead of the operation room to administer treatments. General anesthesia is typically not needed for interventional procedures.

• There are no scalpel markings on the body; the cut was merely made through a hole
• Patients are typically discharged that day
• The risks of complications are fewer and operations are simpler
• Return to regularity is significantly quicker

Each patient is given medicine for relaxation and discomfort (anesthesia and analgesics), if necessary, at Interventional Radiology Center. Despite how simple the treatments are, pain can still be experienced because a needle must be inserted, and this pain should be treated in straightforward methods.

Additionally, patients who are nervous about the treatments could experience exhilaration and terror. These drugs also lessen the anxiety and fear related to this treatment.

The patient may be discharged the same day after finishing all procedures. It necessitates a brief hospital stay.

The timing of other treatments is more erratic, so it has to be monitored and kept in bed for 4-6 hours. Patients with varicose veins, for instance, may be immediately discharged.

These materials are specially created and made for each procedure and purpose in the applied processes, primarily using high-tech equipment.

With these painless and less risky procedures, patients' quality of life improves, hospital stays are cut short, and patients typically leave the hospital the day of surgery or within a day.

Biopsies can be taken from a variety of organs in interventional radiology, including the liver, breast, lymph nodes, prostate, and cysts. Hemodialysis catheters can also be inserted, and obstruction of the bile ducts and urinary tract can be treated, in part because liver tumors can be treated with needles and specialized medications.

Without cranial intervention, vascular disease that results in stroke or ulcers that cause brain bleeding are treated.

The interventional radiology and imaging center, which delivers services in the top foreign hospitals in Azerbaijan, is where our center offers you all of the treatments.

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