Department of Interventional Radiology
Head of the department - Tengiz Mamulashvili
Todua Clinic Interventional Radiology Department is equipped with ultrasound equipment:
- SIEMENS ACUSON NX3
- SIEMENS ARTIS ZEE
- SOLERO ANGIODINAMICS
- RITA1500
The following procedures are performed in the Department:
Diagnostic interventions:
- Fine needle biopsy for cytological examination
- Large needle biopsy for tissue morphological examination (soft tissues, lymph nodes, parenchymal organs of the abdomen, retroperitoneal space, chest, lung, including mediastinum)
- Diagnostic aspiration of abdominal and pleural fluid for cytology
- Percutaneous cholangiography.
Minimally invasive drainage and aspiration interventions (percutaneous, vaginal, and rectal approach):
- External drainage of intrahepatic bile ducts (cholangiostomy)
- External-internal drainage of intrahepatic bile ducts
- External drainage of the gallbladder (cholecystostomy)
- Drainage of the subdiaphragmatic abscess
- Aspiration of liver abscesses
- Drainage of liver abscesses
- Aspiration and drainage of liver hematoma
- Aspiration and drainage of liver cyst (including parasitic)
- Percutaneous jejunostomy
- Transarterial embolization and chemoembolization of liver tumors
- Percutaneous aspiration of a pseudocyst of the pancreas
- Nephrostomy
- Aspiration of renal cyst-sclerotherapy
- Drainage of a kidney cyst (abscess)
- Percutaneous drainage of a tubular abscess
- Transvaginal and percutaneous aspiration of tubo-ovarian abscess - rinsing, drainage
- Ovarian cyst aspiration by percutaneous and transvaginal approach
- Aspiration-washing of the prostate gland abscess
- Aspiration-washing of Paraproctitis with a per-rectal approach
- Aspiration of postoperative seroma of the abdominal wall
- Drainage of ascites fluid
- Aspiration of breast cysts
- Pericardial drainage
Local ablation of tissue formations:
- Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RSA) and microwave ablation (MTA)
Restoration of blood vessels and ducts (including endoluminal RSA):
- Dilatation / stenting of the bile ducts
- Jejunum duct stenting
- Recanalization of the bile duct block by stenting
- Recirculation of the blocked jejunum duct by stenting
Angiographic interventions:
- Embolization during internal bleeding
- Transarterial embolization and chemoembolization of liver tumors.
Percutaneous litholapaxy procedures:
- Percutaneous biliary litholapaxy
- Percutaneous jejunum litholapaxy