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  • 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
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  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement and Removal
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  • Radioembolization (Y90)
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  • 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)
  • Pulmonary Angiography and Embolization
  • Radioembolization (Y90)
  • Stent Graft Placement
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
  • Transjugular Liver Biopsy
  • Tumor Ablation
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  • Varicocele Embolization
  • Vascular Access Procedures
  • Venous thrombolysis and recanalization
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Varicocele Embolization

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Treatment for:

Symptomatic varicocele

Why it’s done:

A varicocele is a dilated network of veins which occurs in the scrotum, usually on the left side, which can cause pain, swelling, and reduced fertility. Varicocele embolization is a minimally-invasive method of blocking these veins, which relieves these symptoms in a large proportion of patients.

How it’s done:

An interventional radiologist uses ultrasound and X-rays to guide a catheter from the femoral vein in the groin into the gonadal vein (the source of the varicocele). Contrast injection is used to map the vein, and the vein is then occluded by using coils, sclerosants, or other agents.

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Level of anesthesia:

Conscious sedation

Risks:

Small risk of bleeding or infection. Small risk of inflammation of the veins in the scrotum

For More Information:

For more information or to schedule an appointment with one of our IR physicians, please call 310-481-7545.

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