The x-ray equipment available to perform imaged-guided interventions has accelerated in technical capability, allowing increasingly complex procedures to be performed. Consequently, procedures tend to be longer and the dose to…
Acknowledgment The authors would like to thank Shundra Dinkins, Toni Acfalle, and Dana Murphy for their expertise in preparation of this manuscript. The authors also would like to acknowledge Jozef…
The interventional suite plays host to a wide variety of patient types and procedures. Some of the patients who arrive in the suite are in good baseline health, others are…
“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.” William Osler 1849–1919 Symptoms relating to vascular…
Given the rapid expansion of interventional radiology (IR) and wide adoption of its treatments in medical guidelines, there is increasing patient and clinician expectation for IR teams that can provide…
10.1055/b-0034-77675 50 Congenital and Acquired Alterations in Form and Structure of the MetaphysesHorwitz, A. (Normal variants shown in parentheses) Form/Structure Description Found in Figure Cup-shaped metaphyses Cup-shaped metaphyseal growth plate…
10.1055/b-0034-77674 49 Congenital and Acquired Alterations in Form and Structure of the EpiphysesHorwitz,, A. (Acquired and normal variants shown in parentheses) Form/Structure Description Found in Figure Pseudoepiphyses Epiphyses or notches…
10.1055/b-0034-77673 48 Vascular Diseases of the Hand and FingersRosenthal, H., Schmitt, R. Catheter-based angiography of the arteries in the arm and hand—an invasive procedure—is the method of choice for differentiating…
10.1055/b-0034-77667 45 Soft-tissue TumorsSchmitts, R. On the hand, soft-tissue tumors are more common than bone tumors. If the results of clinical examination remain equivocal, the localization and size of the…
10.1055/b-0034-77671 47 Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome (Guyon’s Canal Syndrome)Schmitt,, R., Hahn, P. Guyon’s canal is, after the sulcus of the ulnar nerve in the elbow, the second most likely location for…
