Interventional Radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical expertise across all specialties. They use non-surgical methods to advance a catheter in the body to treat at the source of a disease or problem:
As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral artery disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine.
Today many conditions that once required surgery can be treated with a less invasive method by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery.
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