Interventional Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures
Samenvatting
This monograph is most unusual. It deals in cedure techniques are also meticulously de depth with the technical aspects of most special scribed. These include arthrography in a procedures used in diagnostic radiology, both number of anatomical areas, e.g., knee, ankle, interventional and non-interventional. hip. Other procedures considered are diskog A large section is devoted to the various raphy, myelography, percutaneous transhepatic areas of angiography. As a preliminary, pre cholangiography, splenoportography, sialog angiographic orders, arrangements in the radio raphy, bronchography, hysterosalpingography, graphic room, appropriate equipment, etc., are lymphangiography and methods of localization described, and similar information is detailed of mammographically demonstrated non-palpa regarding the post-angiographic period. A dis ble breast lesions. cussion of the different types of catheters is Direct interventional techniques are also dis most helpful. The various areas of angiography cussed, including percutaneous lung biopsy, are described in depth. Every aspect of the bone biopsy, non-operative extraction of re technique is considered in detail. These include tained biliary calculi and retrieval of intra the type and amount of contrast medium to be vascular foreign bodies. Transluminal angio used, the technical factors in the examination, plasty, using the Grtintzig technique (currently indications, contraindications and possible a popular subject), is also considered. complications. The subsections of angiography An excellent bibliography for each section addressed include percutaneous axillary angi discussed in the text is appended at the back ography, translumbar aortography, thoracic of the book.