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VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: Patient with blunt force trauma to left kidney causing rupture of renal pelvis. Placement of nephrostomy tube to aid in drainage and healing of ruptured kidney.

VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: 57 yr old female with history of hysterectomy 10 years ago. Patient had a uterine tumor 10 yrs ago and now tumor has returned. Dr. Meka was able to embolize the arteries feeding the tumor and shut down blood flow to tumor.

Week One VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: Case of the week: 70 year old patient with severe right leg pain with walking. Angiogram shows complete occlusion of the right superficial femoral artery. We were able to cross the occlusion with catheter and reconstruct the artery with balloon angioplasty and stents! All done […]

VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: Patient with recurrent chest pain. Patient has had a LIMA Graft placed previously. LIMA- Left Internal Mammary Artery used for CABG - Coronary Artery bypass grafting. Competing arteries can take away blood flow through the LIMA graft. Dr. Meka received this patient and used coil embolization to […]

VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: Plug assisted Retrograde Transveonous Obliteration of the Gastric Varices.The Interventional approach to treating an upper GI bleed!!!! 76 year old male patient with Upper GI bleed. Endoscopy showed gastric varices. Patient sent to Interventional Radiology to treat the varices with a minimal invasive approach through the common […]

If you suffer from the side effects of an enlarged prostate, consider our minimally invasive Prostate Artery Embolization procedure today! 

VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: Case of the week: A 60 year old gentleman with extensive blood clots throughout both legs, pelvis and abdomen. Patient has an IVC filter with clot extending about the filter and acute clots into the lungs. Day 1 venogram pictures shows occlusive deep vein thrombosis without any venous […]

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY by Valley Radiology Case of the week: Diaylsis patient with decrease in functioning of AV fistula - competing accessory vein needs to be shut down to fully route flow to AV fistula Plug embolization of a competing vein for a successful maturation of the left arm AV fistula.(*closing off of larger vein that takes […]

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY by Valley Radiology 62 yo male with cirrhosis and massive GI bleeding. Treated in ER with endoscopy and blind banding. Thanks Dr Joseph Henderson of Fayetteville Gastroenterology Associates! Patient was then transferred to IR suite for an emergency TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosytemic shunt) and embolization of the esophageal and gastric varices.

VALLEY RADIOLOGY Interventional Radiology Case of the Week: 38 year old female with large fibroids in the uterus. Uterus is size of 6 month pregnancy. She complains of severe pain and irregular bleeding because of the fibroids. She elected to have an uterine artery embolization (also known as uterine fibroid embolization UAE/UFE) instead of surgery. […]