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Name: Interventional Kyphoplasty Procedure: Restores vertebral height and stabilizes compression fractures using balloon expansion followed by cement injection. Patient Position: Prone Region: Spine Projection: Fluoroscopic Guidance Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Vertebroplasty Procedure: Injects bone cement into vertebral compression fractures to stabilize the spine and reduce pain. Patient Position: Prone Region: Spine Projection: Fluoroscopic Guidance Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional TIPS Creation Procedure: Creates a shunt between portal and hepatic veins to reduce portal hypertension and manage variceal bleeding or refractory ascites. Patient Position: Supine Region: Abdomen Projection: Fluoroscopic Guidance Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Catheter Directed Thrombolysis Procedure: Dissolves blood clots in arteries or veins using targeted infusion of thrombolytic medication. Patient Position: Supine Region: Vascular Projection: Fluoroscopic Angiography Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Varicocele Embolization Procedure: Treats varicocele by occluding abnormal venous channels using catheter directed embolization. Patient Position: Supine Region: Pelvis Projection: Fluoroscopic Angiography Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Uterine Fibroid Embolization Procedure: Treats symptomatic uterine fibroids by blocking uterine artery blood flow to shrink fibroid tissue. Patient Position: Supine Region: Pelvis Projection: Fluoroscopic Angiography Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Biliary Stent Placement Procedure: Places internal stents to maintain bile duct patency in obstruction or malignancy. Patient Position: Supine Region: Abdomen Projection: Fluoroscopic Guidance Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology
Name: Interventional Biliary Drainage Procedure: Creates percutaneous access to obstructed bile ducts using catheter placement under image guidance. Patient Position: Supine Region: Abdomen Projection: Ultrasound And Fluoroscopic Guidance Beam Direction: Variable Angulation Type of Study: Interventional Radiology