Book[edited by] Gary P. Siskin.
Summary: This book is a practical resource for the current applications of interventional radiology in the care of female patients. Divided into seven main sections, the book opens with an introduction to the role of interventional radiology in women's health, discussing such topics as specific concerns relevant to the female patient and safety considerations related to the provision of care. The sections that follow address common clinical problems and conditions unique to women, including uterine fibroids, infertility, pelvic pain, osteoporosis, and varicose veins. A final section describes interventional procedures for treating breast cancer and offers key recommendations for further practice development.
Contents:
Women and interventional radiology
Clinical patient management
Radiation safety
Female physicians in interventional radiology
Uterine interventions
Clinical review: uterine leiomyomas
Uterine fibroid embolization
New treatments for uterine fibroids
Uterine fibroid embolization and fertility
Applications of pelvic embolization beyond uterine fibroid embolization
Clinical perspective: uterine fibroid embolization (gynecology)
Clinical perspective: uterine fibroid embolization (interventional radiology)
Fallopian tube interventions
Clinical review: infertility
Fallopian tube recanalization
Fallopian tube occlusion
Clinical perspective: interventional radiology and patient fertility
Ovarian interventions
Clinical review: pelvic pain
Pelvic congestion syndrome and ovarian vein embolization
Ovarian drainage: cyst aspiration
Clinical perspective: pelvic pain (gynecology)
Spine interventions
Clinical review: osteoporosis
Compression fractures: vertebroplasty
Vertebral compression fractures: kyphoplasty
Clinical perspective: spine interventions (orthopedic surgery)
Clinical perspective: spine interventions (interventional neuroradiology)
Vein interventions
Clinical review: lower extremity venous insufficiency
Saphenous vein ablation
Sclerotherapy and ambulatory phlebotomy
Clinical perspective: venous insufficiency and the opportunity for interventional radiology
Breast interventions
Forward perspective: interventional radiology and the breast.