Angiography and Interventional Radiology Clinic

Interventional radiology uses imaging to perform diagnostic or therapeutic procedures with extreme precision by accessing the organ through a simple puncture or a very small incision (a few millimetres). The unit is equipped with state-of-the-art technology: Doppler ultrasound, an angiography table with a latest-generation “Cone Beam CT” system, and an interventional CT scanner. Our patients’ cases are most often discussed at multidisciplinary meetings. Our team consists of experienced operators specialising in interventional radiology, treating a range of conditions. These patients mainly present with haemorrhage or require drainage, most often because of a severe infection.

Conditions treated

Interventional radiology for vascular diseases

  • Angiography and arterial angioplasty (dilatation or stent placement to treat stenoses (narrowings) or occlusions)
  • Venous angiography and angioplasty (stenosis, thrombotic or tumour-related thrombosis), placement of a vena cava filter
  • Embolisation of aneurysms or arteriovenous malformations.

Osteoarticular interventional radiology

  • Bone biopsy
  • Injections
  • Cementoplasty
  • Thermal ablation of malignant and benign bone tumours
  • With or without percutaneous osteosynthesis, in collaboration with orthopaedic surgery.

Urological and gynaecological interventional radiology

  • Uterine fibroid embolisation
  • Prostatic artery embolisation for prostatic enlargement
  • Nephrostomy – placement of a double-J ureteral stent
  • Embolisation of varicoceles and pelvic varices (pelvic congestion syndrome)

Interventional oncology

  • Tumour destruction by thermal ablation: radiofrequency and microwave ablation (liver, kidney, lung and bone), cryoablation and electroporation
  • Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) and portal vein embolisation
  • Hepatic radioembolisation
  • Placement of an implantable port and PICC line (venous access)
  • Pain control: injections, neurolysis by alcoholisation or radiofrequency.

Haemostatic embolisation

  • Upper or lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage
  • Postpartum haemorrhage
  • Haemoptysis
  • Rectal bleeding caused by haemorrhoids

Various biopsies and drainages

  • Under ultrasound, radiological or computed tomography (CT) guidance