{"id":488,"date":"2026-10-05T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medluxlife.de\/health\/hospital-specialist-treatments\/interventional-radiology\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:20:31","slug":"interventional-radiology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medluxlife.de\/tr\/health\/hospital-specialist-treatments\/interventional-radiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Interventional Radiology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interventional radiology uses imaging such as ultrasound, CT and angiography to guide minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Interventional radiologists not only diagnose disease but also take an active part in its treatment, often through a small puncture rather than open surgery. MedLuxLife coordinates your assessment at our partner hospital, including pre-procedure tests, and supports you through recovery and travel home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Treatments and services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image-guided biopsies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fine-needle aspiration and Tru-cut biopsies guided by ultrasound and\/or CT for the neck and thyroid, chest, abdominal organs and bones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diagnostic angiography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Contrast imaging of arteries, usually via the femoral artery, with high-resolution and 3D imaging to show even small vessel branches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Imaging of veins to investigate thrombosis, tumour blockages and adrenal tumours, or to assess the saphenous vein before bypass surgery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chest procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Non-vascular interventions such as thoracentesis, abscess drainage and stenting of tracheobronchial narrowing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Abdominal, biliary and kidney procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Biliary drainage and stenting, nephrostomy, ureteral stenting, cyst and abscess drainage and RF ablation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arterial angioplasty and stenting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Balloon and stent treatment of narrowed or blocked arteries throughout the body, from the carotid and brain vessels to the legs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Neurointerventional treatment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coil embolisation of brain aneurysms, embolisation of AVMs and fistulas, and intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute stroke within a limited time window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Embolisation for bleeding and tumours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Embolisation for nosebleeds, coughing up blood and acute gastrointestinal bleeding, and for head and neck tumours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aortic and peripheral endografts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Covered stents for aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta and for pseudoaneurysms in peripheral arteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Oncological interventions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Transarterial chemoembolisation and RF ablation for liver tumours, portal vein interventions and venous port placement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Venous and dialysis access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Venous angioplasty and stenting, dialysis catheters, fistula angioplasty, vena cava filters, TIPS and venous catheters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Uterine fibroid embolisation and diabetic foot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fibroid embolisation as an alternative to surgery, and balloon and laser angioplasty for narrowed foot vessels in diabetes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Procedures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n