Advanced Interventional Radiology at Cottage Health
Appointments and Referrals
Patients generally need to be referred to Interventional Radiologists by their primary care physician or a specialist such as an oncologist, neurosurgeon, obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN), nephrologist or other. For more information call 805-682-7111.
Interventional radiology is a medical specialty that uses image-guided minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions and diseases, many of which once required traditional surgery.
Small devices such as guidewires and thin, flexible tubes called catheters are used along with live imaging to treat conditions within the body’s blood vessels and organs.
Interventional radiologists at Cottage Health are highly trained and have completed fellowships in their specialty, and they are assisted by a team of interventional technologists and nurses to provide uncompromising care for patients.
Diagnosis and Treatments
Patients are referred to interventional radiology care for many reasons, including:
- Urology for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), to embolize and shrink the prostate for more normal urine flow
- Oncology for port-a-cath placement, for chemotherapy treatment and/or palliative care
- OB-GYN for the treatment of uterine fibroids, through arterial embolization to shrink fibroids and relieve symptoms such as heavy or painful menstrual periods
- Trauma care to stop bleeding
Minimally Invasive Procedures
The interventional radiology department at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital performs numerous interventional procedures using X-ray fluoroscopy, ultrasound and CT scans, including:
- Prostate embolization (embolization is a minimally invasive procedure to block blood flow to a specific area to treat bleeding, tumors and other issues)
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- Y90 Mapping and embolization (to deliver radiation therapy to liver tumors)
- Pulmonary Embolus (PE) and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Thrombectomy procedures (to remove a blood clot from a vein using a catheter)
- Dialysis catheter placement
- Port-a-cath placement for chemotherapy
- Trauma and post-partum embolization
- Kyphoplasty treatment for vertebral body fractures
- Biliary drainage tube placement
- Nephrostomy tube placement as well as Gastric and Gastro-Jejunostomy tube placement
- TIPS procedures (Transhepatic Portosystemic Shunt placement)
Interventional Radiology Providers
