News articles associated with
'Society of Interventional Radiology'
For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | HealthA new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn't matter if you're young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining…
Freezing prostate cancer does a man's body good
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | HealthThe so-called 'male lumpectomy' - a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment for prostate cancer - is as effective as surgery in destroying diseased tumours and can be…
Metastatic bone disease patients can walk in Lazarus' footsteps
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | HealthOsteoplasty - a highly effective minimally invasive procedure to treat the painful effects of metastatic bone disease by injecting bone cement to support weakened bones - provides immediate…
Oh, my aching back: Give me a shot of ozone
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | HealthA minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment - that safely and effectively uses oxygen/ozone to relieve the pain of herniated disks - will become standard in the United States…
Freezing kidney cancer: Hot treatment should be new gold standard for destroying small tumours
— 9 Mar 2009 15:00 | HealthFreezing kidney tumours - using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery - should be the gold standard…
Long-term data show vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures provides dramatic pain relief
— 18 Mar 2008 22:48 | HealthThe results of a five-year follow-up study of 884 osteoporosis patients bolster the use of vertebroplasty - an interventional radiology treatment for vertebral compression fractures…
Octogenarians do as well as younger patients with Interventional Radiology arterial procedures
— 18 Mar 2008 22:45 | HealthSeniors over the age of 80 can safely undergo diagnostic angiography and arterial interventions - such as vascular stenting and angioplasty - and do just as well as younger patients.…
Registry data shows long-term efficacy for uterine fibroid embolisation
— 2 Jan 2008 18:21 | HealthThree-year data from the largest, multi-centre, prospective voluntary registry on any procedure for benign uterine fibroids showed that 90 percent of the women participating avoided…