Interventional Radiology
Some medical conditions that once required surgery can now be treated nonsurgically using minimally invasive, image-guided techniques. This medical subspecialty is called interventional radiology.
The board-certified interventional radiologists at North Kansas City Hospital & Meritas Health are specially trained in minimally invasive, targeted procedures used across many medical specialties.
Services and Treatments
IR at NKCH collaborates with nearly every department in the health system. Meritas Health Interventional Radiology doctors coordinate with your specialists to offer:
Dialysis Access/Maintenance
- Percutaneous dialysis fistula/graft treatments
- Temporary and tunneled catheters
Gastrointestinal/Biliary Interventions
- Bile duct stenting
- Biliary drainage
- Cecostomy maintenance
- Cholecystostomy
- Gastrointestinal bleed
- Gastrointestinal tube placement and maintenance
- Portal vein embolization
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
- Transvenous obliteration of gastric varices (BRTO, PARTO, CARTO)
General Biopsies
- Bone marrow
- Liver
- Lung
- Lymph node
- Parotid
- Renal/adrenal
Genitourinary Interventions
- Access for stone retrieval
- Nephrostomy
- Nephroureterostomy
- Renal/adrenal biopsies
- Suprapubic catheter
- Ureteral stenting
- Ureteronephrostomy
Interventional Oncology
- Liver cancer treatment
- Portacath placement
- Transarterial chemo embolization (TACE)
- Tumor ablation (cryo, radiofrequency, and microwave)
Spine interventions
- Ablations
- Biopsies
- Kyphoplasty
- Lumbar puncture
- Myelogram
- Vertebroplasty
Vascular Interventions
- Aneurysm
- Angioplasty
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Embolization
- Gastrointestinal bleed
- Gonadal, uterine and varicoceles fibroid embolizations
- Hemoptysis
- Localized treatment for embolization from trauma/postsurgery
- Mesenteric ischemia
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pulmonary embolism
- Renal vascular disease
- Stenting
- Thrombectomy
- Thrombolysis
- Visceral angiography
Miscellaneous Procedures
- Abscess drains
- Lymphangiogram/thoracic duct embolization
- Paracentesis
- PICC placement
- Sclerotherapy
- Thoracentesis
Benefits of Interventional Radiology
Using X-rays, CT, MRI and other imaging methods, interventional radiologists guide special instruments through the blood vessels of body instead of large incisions used in conventional surgery. These interventional procedures have become the primary method of care for a variety of conditions, resulting in faster and more accurate diagnosis, less risk of infection, less pain and shorter recovery times for you as a patient.
