Offering minimally invasive image-guided procedures with a multidisciplinary approach
SLUCare provides an extensive range of minimally invasive image-guided procedures
(MIIPs), performed by board-certified, fellowship-trained specialists in vascular
interventional radiology.
Our team works with hepatologists, transplant surgeons, urologists, medical oncologists,
surgical oncologists, pulmonologists, critical care specialists, trauma surgeons and
others to provide comprehensive care for patients. We take a multidisciplinary approach
to formulate the best solutions to our most challenging cases.
SLUCare minimally invasive image-guided procedures include:
Oncology interventions
Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)
Y90 treatment of liver (radioembolization)
Tumor ablations: liver, kidney, lung and bone
Portal vein embolization
Prostate fiducial and lung fiducial placement
Vertebral tumor ablation
Pre-operative tumor embolization
Denver shunt placement
Pleurex catheter and tunneled peritoneal catheter placement
Arterial interventions
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
Acute thrombo-occlusive disease (cold foot)
Claudication
Critical limb ischemia: ulcers
Angiogram, angioplasty and stents
Thrombolysis and thrombectomy
Venous interventions
IVC filter placement and retrieval
Deep vein thrombolysis (DVT) – dissolving clots in veins
Varicose veins: endovenous laser ablation treatment (EVLT) and sclerotherapy
Pulmonary embolism thrombolysis
Venogram, venoplasty and stenting
Adrenal vein sampling for adrenal adenomas in hypertension
Men's health
Prostate embolization for BPH
Infertility – varicocele embolization
Vascular disease
Women's health
Uterine fibroid embolization
Pelvic pain (chronic pelvic congestion syndrome)
Pelvic venous congestion syndrome
Transvaginal cyst aspiration
Transvaginal methotrexate injection for ectopic pregnancy
Fallopian tube canalization
Postpartum hemorrhage
Pre-op embolization for accreta and percreta
Vascular disease
Neurointerventional procedures
Cerebral angiography
Thrombolytic therapy for stroke
Endovascular coiling for aneurysms
Carotid artery angioplasty/stenting
Extra-cranial procedures, including epistaxis
Pain interventions
Epidural steroid
Celiac plexus blocks
Facet injection and joint injection
Spinal nerve block
Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
Joint aspiration and injections
Chest procedures
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation (AVM) treatment
Pulmonary embolus thrombolysis
Lung biopsy and fiducial placement
Cisterna-chyli ablation for chylothorax
Bronchial embolization
Lung ablation (microwave, RFA and cyroablations)
Thoracentesis and chest tube placement
Liver and biliary procedures
Percutaneous and transjugular liver biopsy
Transjugular hepatic venography and pressure measurement
Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS)
Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO)
Portal vein embolization for FLR hypertrophy
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC)
Biliary drainage, dilatation and stent placement
Cholecystostomy
Liver cyst sclerotherapy
Gastrointestinal procedures
Percutaneous gastrostomy
Percutaneous gastrojejunostomy
Percutaneous jejunostomy
Upper and lower GI bleeding embolization
Genito-urinary procedures
Renal artery stenosis
Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN)
Ureteric dilatation and stent placement
Ureteric stent retrieval
Kidney biopsy
Prostate biopsy
Urinoma related procedures
Image-guided FNA, biopsies and drainages
Biopsy of the liver, kidney and lymph nodes
Thyroid and parotid FNA (fine needle aspiration)
Abscess drainage
Chest tube placement
Thoracentesis and paracentesis
Lavage and debridement
Pseudo-aneurysm thrombin injection
Venous access interventions
PICC line placement
Tunneled catheters like Hickman, Broviac, powerline and phresis catheters
Foreign body retrieval of broken wires and catheters inside body
Adrenal vein sampling for adrenal adenomas in hypertension
Dialysis interventions
AV fistulogram and fistula repair
Declot of AV fistula/graft
Angioplasty and stenting
Permanent catheter placement
Muscular-skeletal interventions
Bone and tissue biopsy
Bone tumor ablation
Joint and facet injection
Cementoplasty
Soft tissue vascular malformation treatment
To refer a patient
Call or fax our interventional radiology coordinators. Phone: 314-977-5600 Fax: 314-257-2171