You have had a drain placed in an abscess, which you will need to care for until it is removed. This will include flushing the tube daily as well as cleaning the tube site and changing the dressing.

Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery. With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT ...

» What are the requirements for making a fluoroscopy facility safe? The following requirements need to be met to ensure that a fluoroscopy facility is safe: » Which fluoroscopic procedures have the ...

Comparison of ondansetron, granisetron and dolasetron with dexamethasone in the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting associated with platinum-based therapy No significant financial relationships to ...

Your care team may order imaging tests as a part of cancer screening (such as mammography) or as a part of cancer treatment to diagnose or track a tumor over time. Huntsman Cancer Institute radiology ...

On August 9, the UAB Department of Radiology collaborated with OIPS to organize an inaugural Image-Guided Procedure Simulation course in the Jefferson Tower Procedural Skills lab. Both diagnostic and ...

Our Interventional Radiology service performs a variety of examinations, ranging from vascular access to percutaneous drainage to biopsies to more complex procedures like treatment of vascular ...

Treating liver cancer and liver metastases — cancer that has spread to the liver from elsewhere in the body — is challenging. Most patients are not candidates for surgery because there are many tumors ...

William Crenshaw, M.D., Washington Imaging Services, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 260, Bellevue, 425.688.0100, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of Virginia Medical School, 1987; diagnostic ...