Compression Therapy
Compression therapy has been used for thousands of years in the practical treatment of wounds and ulcers, with the earliest documentation of compression bandages dating back to the Neolithic Age…
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Clinical Exam
The Society for Interventional Radiology, Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, American College of Phlebology, Canadian Interventional Radiology Association, the Society for Vascular Surgery, and the American Venous Forum have…
Ambulatory Phlebectomy
Hippocrates is credited with performing the first phlebotomy to treat a varix circa 400 BC. 1 However, the surgical treatment of varicose veins was first described in detail by Aulus…
Safety, Quality, and Complications
Adverse events and complications related to interventional procedures can still occur despite the best efforts of the phlebologists. The culture of safety in health care has been extensively promoted and…
Vascular Ultrasound
Figure 14-1. B-mode image of normal arterial wall vs atherosclerotic arteries. Figure 14-2. Normal arterial waveform. Although much of this chapter is devoted to discussing the diagnosis of arterial disease,…
Genitourinary Ultrasound
Clinical Indications Renal ultrasonography is a commonly employed imaging technique with many useful applications. These include, but are not limited to, evaluation of hydronephrosis, detection and surveillance of nephrolithiasis, characterization…
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
Normal Anatomy The paravertebral space is a wedge-shaped region demarcated by the superior costo-transverse ligament (posterior border), parietal pleura (anterolateral border), and lateral surface of the transverse process (medial border)….
Trauma Ultrasound
Specific Indications Chest and cardiac trauma The majority of patients who sustain a penetrating cardiac injury do not survive to receive medical care due to exsanguinating hemorrhage. Hemodynamically unstable patients…
Ultrasound of the Pancreas
Figure 8-1. Schematic of pancreas anatomy. P = pancreas; D = duodenum; K = kidneys; S = spleen, and the asterisk (*) marks the superior mesenteric vein. (Reprinted with permission…
Hepatobiliary Ultrasound
Segmental Anatomy of the Hepatic Parenchyma An understanding of the segmental anatomy of the liver is fundamental to modern radiological investigation and surgical management of hepatic malignancy (Figure 7-1). The…
