Interventional Radiology Clinic – Johnson City

Johnson City Medical Center Radiology

Interventional radiology treatments have become the primary method of care for a variety of conditions, offering less risk, less pain and faster recovery times than open surgery. In some cases, it can even eliminate the need for hospitalization. At Johnson City Medical Center, we have a skilled team dedicated to help you get the best results possible using the latest treatment techniques.

What is interventional radiology?

Interventional radiology is a medical specialty that involves a doctor performing minimally invasive, targeted treatments by using X-ray and imaging techniques for procedure guidance.

Interventional radiologists are specialty-trained physicians who guide small needles, catheters and other small medical equipment into your body through tiny incisions in the skin. These instruments are manipulated within your body by the radiology doctors, who guide the instruments by seeing into your body, using X-ray, CT scan, ultrasound or MRI. The instruments are used to target and treat disease at its source in the body.

What are the advantages of interventional radiology?

• Most procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis or require only a short hospital stay.
• General anesthesia usually is not required.
• Risk, pain and recovery time can be significantly reduced.
• The procedures are frequently less expensive than surgery or other alternatives.

Our team treats

• Aortic aneurysms
• Arterial disease
• Carotid artery surgery
• Cerebral aneurysms
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Renal vascular disease
• Stroke