1. Endoscopy as an Adjunct to Image-Guided Interventions: A New Frontier in Interventional Radiology
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Clifford J. Raymond, Mamdouh Khayat, Ravi N. Srinivasa, and Jeffrey Forris Beecham Chick
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,Biliary Tract Diseases ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Radiography, Interventional ,Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Male Urogenital Diseases ,Interventional Radiology Procedure ,Radiologists ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,Endoscopes ,Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ,business.industry ,Endoscopy ,Interventional radiology ,Female Urogenital Diseases ,Motor Skills ,Image guided interventions ,Female ,Clinical Competence ,Diffusion of Innovation ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Endoscopy is an underutilized technique in the practice of interventional radiology. The objectives of this article are to discuss potential uses of interventional radiology-operated endoscopy and to outline basic endoscopy setup and equipment uses. Endoscopy represents a new frontier to the fluoroscopically-guided procedures in biliary, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary disease that interventional radiologists commonly perform. It shows promise to improve interventional radiology procedure success rates and reduce procedure-associated risk for patients. Endoscopy has been traditionally performed by gastroenterologists and urologists and is relatively new in the practice of interventional radiology. The hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity required to perform standard image-guided procedures places interventional radiologists in a unique position to introduce endoscopy into standard practice. A focused and collaborative effort is needed by interventional radiologists to learn the techniques required to successfully integrate endoscopy into practice.
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- 2019
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