Percutaneous ablation is a type of treatment using either heat or cold t0 destroy cancer cells.. During ablation, an electrode (probe) is used to target cancer cells. The heat or cold effect produced by the probe heats or cool cancer…
The doctor puts a small filter into the inferior vena cava (IVC). This is a large vein in your abdomen. The filter catches blood clots that may go into your lungs
The doctor puts a small needle into almost any part of the body, guided by imaging techniques, to take a tissue biopsy. This type of biopsy can give a diagnosis without surgery. An example of this procedure is called the needle…
The doctor puts a catheter into a blood vessel to remove a foreign body in the vessel.
The doctor puts a feeding tube into the stomach if you can’t take food by mouth.
The doctor puts a substance through a catheter into a blood vessel to stop blood flow through that vessel. This can be done to control bleeding or treat pseudoaneurysm or aneurysm.
