During the ultrasound therapy, doctors guided a hollow needle tip into an area of «problem» tissue by means
of ultrasound guidance.
His paper describing an innovative procedure for obtaining urinary bladder biopsies
using ultrasound guidance without the need for general anesthesia was published in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association.
Interventional radiologists commonly treat patients using less - invasive options to surgery that involve inserting a catheter through a major artery under
ultrasound guidance in order to reach internal organs or blood vessels.
«And for that reason, most providers will do this case
under ultrasound guidance, so they'll know where they're putting their forceps... We've been very good at getting heart, lung, liver.»
Version is done using
ultrasound guidance and sometimes medication is used to relax the uterus beforehand.
In a standard biopsy, doctors use
ultrasound guidance to take multiple random tissue samples from throughout the gland.
The first of two study groups received catheters using fluoroscopy and
ultrasound guidance under conscious sedation by interventional radiologists.
«This study provides convincing evidence that, with
ultrasound guidance and in experienced hands, TPVB is not a high - risk procedure.»
- Percutaneal procedure performed under
ultrasound guidance — three amebic abscesses of the liver were aspirated and rinsed simultaneously («barbeque» principle).
Working at TSMU Central Clinic he worked in the field of Interventional Radiology — the first gallbladder puncture under
ultrasound guidance was performed in 1987; Interventional Radiology Department was established in 2004; in 2009 he established TSMU Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Centre, located at Tbilisi first hospital.
A small skin incision is made in the maternal abdominal wall and a trocar (a small metal tube) is inserted through the abdomen and uterus using
ultrasound guidance.
For internal masses however,
ultrasound guidance and sedation may be required to obtain a sample safely and painlessly.
Routine blood tests and fine needle aspiration samples of the mass lesion under
ultrasound guidance are needed to determine whether a mass lesion requires surgical intervention (removal).
In acute injuries where a core lesion is present there are substances that can be injected directly into the damaged area of the ligament under
ultrasound guidance.
A definitive diagnosis may be made by fine needle aspiration of the mass under
ultrasound guidance or closed biopsy, but is more likely to be confirmed by thoracotomy.
Clinicians at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital have developed minimally invasive techniques using
ultrasound guidance to treat intra-abdominal abscesses caused by pigeon fever.
It is much less invasive than performing exploratory surgery and many times, biopsies can be obtained using
ultrasound guidance, thereby eliminating the need for surgery.