Interventional Radiology Procedures
The Interventional Radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has deep expertise in a broad range of procedures, including:
- Abdominal Drainage
- Abscess Drainage
- Arteriogram (or angiogram)
- Arthrogram
- Balloon G-J tube placement
- Biliary Dilatation
- Biopsy
- Chest drainage
- Cholecystostomy
- Dialysis fistula or graft intervention
- Embolization
- Esophageal dilatation
- Implantable venous port (chest or arm)
- Joint injections
- Low profile balloon G-J tube
- Lumbar puncture
- Lung biopsy
- Lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization
- Lymphatic imaging and interventions
- Nephrostomy tube placement
- Percutaneous cecostomy tube placement
- Percutaneous gastrostomy feeding tube placement
- Percutaneous liver biopsy
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
- PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Salivary gland botulinum injections
- Sclerotherapy
- Temporary central line placement
- Thrombolysis
- Transjugular Liver Biopsy
- Tunneled central line placement/removal
