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- Title
THE ROLE OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY IN MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICE.
- Authors
Akhigbe, A. O.
- Abstract
The article provides information on interventional radiology (IR) and its role in modern medical practice. IR is considered a sub-specialty in diagnostic radiology that involves minimally-invasive targeted treatment options to handle different medical conditions under imaging guidance. One of the available IR procedures and applications is balloon angioplasty and stenting which involves balloon use to dilate areas of stenosis in veins and arteries. One of the applications of image-guided drainage is breast cysts.
- Subjects
MEDICAL radiology -- Practice; MEDICAL practice; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIES; BREAST cysts; SURGICAL stents
- Publication
Benin Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0795-0268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/bjpm.v11i1.48833