PAMF Interventional Radiology Services

When you have a stroke, poor circulation, or a tumor in an organ, certified interventional radiologists at Palo Alto Medical Foundation can treat your condition using minimally invasive techniques, reducing recovery times, pain and scarring. Palo Alto Medical Foundation Interventional Radiology facilities feature leading-edge technology and are located throughout our service area.

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Experts in Minimally Invasive Treatments

Interventional radiology requires specific skills, highly qualified professionals and leading-edge technology to conduct meaningful diagnosis and effective treatment. PAMF offers all of these components in many of our facilities throughout our service area.

What is Interventional Radiology?

Radiology is the medical use of imaging technology to diagnose and treat disease. It can be divided into two different areas: diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology.

Interventional radiologists use imaging technology to both investigate and treat various conditions using catheters, wires and other small instruments that are advanced into your body, often through a vein.

Interventional radiology tends to be less invasive than surgery or looking inside a body with a scope (camera). Conditions treated using interventional radiology include certain types of cancers or tumors, blockages in arteries and veins, fibroids in the uterus, back pain, gallstones, gallbladder problems and thyroid disorders.

Procedures may or may not include an incision (usually a small one) and rarely is a hospital stay required. Most patients also need only conscious sedation or spinal/epidural anesthesia.

Radiologists who perform these types of procedures receive one to two extra years of training after they have finished medical school and their basic radiology training.

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Radiosurgery at PAMF

PAMF's noninvasive radiosurgery treatment technology delivers a precision dose of radiation to tumors, destroying a targeted area without harming the surrounding normal tissue.

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