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  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Removal
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  • Radioembolization (Y90)
  • Stent Graft Placement
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
  • Transjugular Liver Biopsy
  • Tumor Ablation
  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization
  • Varicocele Embolization
  • Vascular Access Procedures
  • Venous thrombolysis and recanalization
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  • Angiography
  • Angioplasty and Vascular Stenting
  • Arterial Thrombolysis
  • Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
  • Biliary Drainage
  • Biopsy Percutaneous
  • Chemoembolization
  • Cyst Aspiration/Sclerosis
  • Dialysis Fistula/Graft Interventions
  • Drainage Percutaneous
  • Embolization
  • Gastrostomy and Gastrojejunostomy Tube Placement
  • Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE)
  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Removal
  • Lung Biopsy
  • Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE)
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  • Radioembolization (Y90)
  • Stent Graft Placement
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
  • Transjugular Liver Biopsy
  • Tumor Ablation
  • Uterine Fibroid Embolization
  • Varicocele Embolization
  • Vascular Access Procedures
  • Venous thrombolysis and recanalization
  • Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
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Gastrostomy and Gastrojejunostomy Tube Placement

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Treatment for:

Nutritional support

Why it’s done:

Placement of a feeding tube into the stomach (gastrostomy tube) or a feeding tube that passes from the stomach into the small intestine (gastrojejunostomy tube) allows nutritional support for patients who are unable to take sufficient food by mouth.

How it’s done:

An interventional radiologist uses X-rays to guide placement of a feeding tube into the stomach. When the stomach is abnormal, a longer feeding tube can be inserted which passes further into the small intestine.

Level of anesthesia:

Conscious sedation

Risks:

Bleeding, infection, damage to the small or large bowel, leakage into the body cavity

Post-procedure:

Two to four hours of bed rest

Follow-up:

As needed for leakage or obstruction of the tube

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For more information or to schedule an appointment, please visit the contact us page.

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