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Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk

By Amerigo Allegretto

Weekend admission for TIPS procedures is tied to higher mortality risk and postprocedure morbidity in liver cirrhosis patients.

June 14, 2024

ASCO: Thermal ablation comparable to surgery for treatment of liver metastases

By Amerigo Allegretto

Using thermal ablation as the standard of care could be beneficial for patients with small colorectal liver metastases.

June 5, 2024

GAE effective for knee osteoarthritis for up to 2 years

By Will Morton

Genicular artery embolization (GAE) for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis can reduce pain for patients for up to two years.

June 4, 2024

Stroke treatment timing translates to better patient-reported outcomes

By Will Morton

Faster intervention with endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke improves patient-reported quality of life outcomes.

June 3, 2024

GE HealthCare and Medis collaborate on cath lab software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging will collaborate on developing and commercializing software for diagnosing and treating coronary artery disease.

May 14, 2024

ARRS: MWA safe, effective method to treat bone metastases

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) is a safe, effective method for treating bone metastases.

May 10, 2024

Can ChatGPT ‘data mine’ patient reports for stroke registries?

By Will Morton

ChatGPT-4 appears useful for extracting details from reports on thrombectomy procedures in stroke patients, a labor-intensive and error-prone task currently performed by human readers.

April 19, 2024

Abortion care limitations raise medicolegal concerns in IR

By Will Morton

Interventional radiology (IR) specialists should be aware of shifting individual state laws on abortion so as to not be blindsided when called on to provide care to pregnant patients.

April 3, 2024

Can Chat GPT accurately refer patients to IR for treatment?

By Chloe G. Cross, MD

In interventional radiology (IR), most of us quickly become accustomed to needing to explain what we do. But how do patients get their own information about IR, if at all?

April 1, 2024

Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer

By Will Morton

A minimally invasive procedure called cryoablation that uses ice to freeze and destroy tumors has proven effective for women with large breast cancer tumors.

March 27, 2024

How has virtual interviewing impacted residency matches?

By Will Morton

Virtual interviews implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic do not appear to have shifted the geographic distribution of interventional and diagnostic radiology residents.

March 26, 2024

MRI/ultrasound combination effective for treating prostate cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

A new, minimally invasive procedure that combines MRI and transurethral ultrasound ablation is effective for treating prostate cancer, according to recent research.

March 21, 2024

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