Conditions Treated At MISS

Interventional radiology is a medical sub-specialty of radiology utilizing minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system.

Using an array of treatments like X-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs, Interventional Radiology can treat a wide variety of conditions without invasive surgeries.

Cancer

• Bone and soft tissue
• Breast
• Kidney
• Liver
• Lung
• Pancreatic
• Neck / Thyroid
• Percutaneous tumor ablation (radiofrequency, microwave, cryoablation)
• Transarterial bland embolization
• Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)
• Transarterial yitrium-90 radioembolization

Hepatobiliary Disease

• Blocked bile ducts
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• End-stage liver disease
• Hepatobiliary (biliary interventions)

Women's Health

• Infertility (Fallopian tube recanalization)
• Pelvic congestion syndrome
• Uterine artery embolization for fibroids and adenomyosis

Men's Health

• Arteriography for erectile dysfunction
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Chronic bladder outlet obstruction
• Infertility and varicocele embolization
• Prostate hypertrophy

Endocrine

• Ablation for adrenal adenomas
• Adrenal vein sampling
• Parathyroid adenomas
• Thyroid biopsy
• Thyroid nodules

Arterial Disease

• Narrowing of blood vessels
• Peripheral arterial disease
• Visceral aneurysms
• Cold Leg / Discoloration
• Non Healing Ulcer / Gangrene
• Claudication
• Rest Pain

Spine/Pain

• Back pain
• Compression fracture and vertebral augmentation
• Facet injection
• Sacroplasty for insufficiency fractures
• Spine biopsy
• Tumor pain

• Blood clots (DVT, PE)
• Hemodialysis access management
• IVC filter retrieval
• Vascular malformations
• Varicose veins
• May-Thurner Syndrome

Trauma & Bleeding Conditions 

• Acute traumatic bleeding from injury
• Aneurysm rupture
• Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
• Lung hemorrhage