Center for Image-Guided Therapy
Vascular and Interventional Radiology

“To live each day well is as important as to live long. We make every effort with attention to excellent medical knowledge, procedural skill and focusing on putting people first to cure
disease and manage conditions with as little recovery time as possible to get our patients back to living well.”

Interventional Radiology is a field of medicine that uses minimally invasive techniques and imaging guidance to perform procedures that can replace conventional surgery.

Kern Radiology Interventional Radiologists can treat diseases or conditions in almost any area of medicine. For example, IR specialists can break up clots inside arteries, block off blood vessels that feed tumors, treat varicose veins, deliver cancer treatment directly to a tumor through its own blood supply, drain blocked organs, and perform biopsies—all by way of tiny incisions, into which surgical instruments are navigated, under image guidance, to the target area.

Image guidance includes X-rays, magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) scans and ultrasound.

PROGRAM SPECIFICS

Abdominal aortic and other aneurysm evaluation and treatment Angiography, angioplasty & stent placement Trauma/emergent bleeding (arterial GI/vaginal/other) vascular interventions/embolization Embolization of Vascular Malformations Stroke and carotid artery disease evaluation Epistaxis treatment Tumor and surgical bed embolization Pre-operative vascular mapping (e.g. orthopedics and plastic surgery) Splenic bed embolization for platelet consumption syndromes

Radio frequency and/or Microwave ablation of tumors (primary and metastatic) in:
               Lung                      Liver
               Kidney  Bone
Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty for Bone Cancer/Metastases/Osteoporosis Trans-Arterial ChemoEmbolization (TACE) for liver cancer (HCC) and liver metastases from colon/other cancer.

Deep Vein Thrombosis with or without Pulmonary Embolism:
               Thrombectomy and Thrombolysis
               IVC Filter Placement
Pulmonary Embolism:
               Pulmonary Artery Thrombectomy and Thrombolysis

Varicose Vein Ablation +/- Selective microphlebectomy/sclerotherapy of targeted veins

Dialysis fistula and graft management, e.g.,:
Angioplasty
Stenting
Combination of drugs/mechanical devices to break up clot, i.e., a pulse spray with a lytic agent Lyse and wait thrombolysis Balloon thrombectomy/Use of mechanical thrombectomy devices Venous access catheter placement and management

Gastrostomy and gastrojejeunostomy tube placement & management

TIPS for cirrhotic liver disease
Cholangiography/Biliary drainage/Biliary stent placement

Needle biopsy
Fluid drainage/drain placement

Renal Artery Evaluation for Hypertension

Nephrostomy and Ureteral/Nephroureteral stent placement and management

Female Pelvic Pain/Infertility:
               Fallopian Tube Recanalization
               Ovarian Vein Embolization for Pelvic congestion syndrome
               Uterine Fibroid Embolization

Male Infertility:
               Varicocele embolization