The Interventional Radiology Department at Vanguard MacNeal Hospital provides exceptional care. Physicians offer patients and referring physicians a full range of treatment options including the newest, most advanced procedures. The IR suite includes two state-of-the-art digital procedure rooms with dedicated ultrasound and the newest Dyna CT capabilities for image guidance.

Interventional Radiology Procedures

Interventional Oncology

• Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE)
• Radiofrequency ablation and cryo-ablation
• Portal vein embolization prior to hepatic tumor resection
• Tunneled catheter placement for malignant ascites and pleural effusions

Dialysis Care

• Temporary and permanent dialysis catheter insertion
• Mechanical and pharmacologic thrombolysis of dialysis grafts and fistulae
• Tenckhoff catheter insertion

Vascular Access

• Tunneled central venous catheters
• PICC line placement
• Port-a-Catheter insertion
• Peripheral vascular interventions and diagnostic

Vascular Interventional

• Balloon angioplasty, covered and non-covered stent placement
• Mesenteric, renal angioplasty and stenting
• Computed Tomography (CT)—angiography

Venous Interventional

• Venous thrombolysis for DVT
• Inferior vena cava filter placement and retrieval
• Tunneled pheriphal central catheter insertion

GI Interventional

• Percutaneous gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy
• Percutaneous bilary drainage/cholecystostomy
• Imaging guided biopsies and abscess drainage
• Coil embolization of mesenteric vessels for GI bleeding

GU Interventional

• Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)
• Percuteneous nephrostomy and antegrade stent placement
• Coil embolization of varicoceles
• Preoperative embolization of renal tumors
• Pelvic congestion treatment

Skeletal Interventional

• Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for treatment of compression fractures

To find out more about how the Vanguard MacNeal's Interventional Radiology team can care for your family, contact Eva England, RTR, at eengland@macneal.com or (708) 783-5495.

Physicians are members of the medical staff at Vanguard MacNeal Hospital, but are independent contractors who are neither agents nor employees of Vanguard MacNeal; and, as a result, Vanguard MacNeal Hospital is not responsible for the actions of any of these physicians in their medical practices.