- Conditions Treated: Symptomatic abdominal or pelvic cysts, renal cysts, liver cysts
- Reason for Procedure: Cysts can form in the body for various reasons. Cysts can cause abdominal pain if the cysts are large. Aspirating and sclerosing cysts can help determine the cause of the cyst, provide pain relief, and prevent cyst recurrence.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will place a small needle into the cyst using CT or US guidance. The cyst will be drained. If sclerosis is being performed, chemicals will be injected into the cyst to damage the cyst wall, reducing its chance of returning.
- Anesthesia: Local Anesthesia, Conscious Sedation
- Recovery Time: 1-2 hours
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
Conditions Treated and Procedures Performed
- Conditions Treated: Abdominal abscess, cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, hydronephrosis, seroma, biloma, urinoma, lymphocele
- Reason for Procedure: Fluid collections can accumulate in the body due to infection, leaking bile or urine, lymphatic injury, and for other reasons. These fluid collections may require drainage for diagnosis or definitive treatment.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will place a small needle through the skin into your fluid collection using CT or US guidance. A small wire is placed through the needle, and a drainage tube is placed over the wire. The tube is then connected to a bag to drain external to the body.
- Anesthesia: Conscious Sedation or Local Anesthetic
- Recovery Time: 1-2 hours
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
- Conditions Treated: Lymphatic malformation
- Reason for Procedure: Lymphatic malformations are abnormal clusters of lymphatic vessels, or fluid filled cysts or channels, which are usually present at birth. Their size and appearance can vary widely. Lymphatic malformations can be painful, prone to infection and bleeding, cosmetically bothersome, and can even lead to functional impairment, such as difficult breathing or swallowing, if located in a critical area such as the neck. Sclerotherapy can be performed to eliminate or reduce the size of lymphatic malformations, thereby reducing symptoms.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will access your lymphatic malformation with a small needle. Contrast dye is usually injected to study the lymphatic malformation and evaluate for communication with veins or other vital structures. Sclerotherapy is performed by injecting certain medications, which cause lymphatic malformation to scar down, thereby reducing its size.
- Anesthesia: Conscious Sedation, General Anesthesia
- Recovery Time: 1-2 hours
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
- Conditions Treated: Chylothorax, thoracic duct injury, chylous pleural effusion
- Reason for Procedure: Lymphatic fluid (chyle) can build up in the chest after trauma or surgery, causing difficult breathing and chest pain. Lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization can be performed to stop leakage and prevent surgery.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist place small needles into lymph nodes in your leg. Contrast dye will be injected to map out the lymphatic ducts under X-ray guidance. A small needle will be placed into your lymphatic ducts, followed by a small catheter. The catheter will be advanced into your main lymphatic duct (thoracic duct), and it will be occluded using metal coils and other chemicals, to prevent further leakage of lymphatic fluid.
- Anesthesia: General Anesthesia
- Recovery Time: 1-2 hours
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
- Conditions Treated: Ascites, cirrhosis, malignant ascites
- Reason for Procedure: Fluid accumulation in the abdomen (ascites) can be caused by liver disease and cancer, among other causes. Fluid accumulation can lead to abdominal pain and difficulty breathing. Drainage of this fluid can be performed to diagnose the cause of fluid accumulation and to provide symptomatic relief.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will numb your skin and place a very small catheter needle into your abdomen to drain the fluid. Samples of the fluid will be sent to a laboratory for analysis. This procedure can be repeated as needed if the fluid reaccumulates.
- Anesthesia: Local anesthesia
- Recovery Time: 30 minutes
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
- Conditions Treated: Pleural effusion, chylothorax, empyema
- Reason for Procedure: Fluid can accumulate in the chest for various reasons, including infection, cancer, and due to surgery. Fluid accumulation between the lung and chest wall is called a pleural effusion, which can cause difficulty breathing. During thoracentesis, the fluid will be removed to provide symptom relief, and to obtain samples to determine the cause of fluid accumulation.
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will place a small needle into your chest under US guidance. The fluid will then be removed using a small catheter. Sometimes a catheter might be left in place in certain situations, to monitor fluid accumulation and output over time.
- Anesthesia: Local Anesthesia
- Recovery Time: 30 minutes
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
- Conditions Treated: ascites, pleural effusion
- Reason for Procedure: Fluid can accumulate in the chest for various reasons, including malignancy. Fluid accumulation can cause symptoms such as pain, pressure, and shortness of breath. In certain cases, tunneled catheters can be placed to allow patients to drain the fluid at home, increasing comfort and reducing the need for repeated drainage procedures
- How It’s Performed: An Interventional Radiologist will place a small needle and wire into the fluid in your abdomen or chest. A tract will be created under the skin, and the tube will be tunneled into the fluid. Your fluid will be drained during the procedure.
- Anesthesia: Local Anesthesia, Conscious Sedation
- Recovery Time: 1-2 hours
- For more information and to schedule a consultation with one of our IR physicians, please call 631-403-7088
