Commonly treated conditions at the Dotter Institute
Among the highly specialized clinical programs at the department are...
- an integrated, multispecialty clinic for treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- an emergency response team for stroke thrombolysis
- the region's most active practices in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement, carotid and intracranial artery angioplasty/stenting, and uterine artery embolization for fibroids.
As a result of these activities, the Department has experienced a significant increase in its annual caseload since its founding.
If you need a test, treatment or procedure not listed, please call us to discuss.
Drainages
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Percutaneous drainage of abscesses and fluid collections - drain check - exchange
Venous access
- Placement of PICCs (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters)
- Tunneled central line placement - checks exchange - removal - line repair
- Chest port placement - checks- replacement - removal
- Apheresis - infusion catheters - maintenance
- Temporary central venous catheters
- Declot vascular access
- IVC Filters Clinic - Placement - Retrieval
Dialysis access treatments
- Percutaneous dialysis fistula / graft treatments
- Vascular recanalization
- Tunneled central venous catheter
- Fistulogram
Chronic renal failure/end stage renal disease
- Dialysis access planning (venography)
- Percutaneous treatment of malfunctioning or thrombosed dialysis access
Obstructive uropathy
- Nephrostogram
- Nephrostomy and Nephroureteral stent placement - exchange - removal
- Percutaneous access for stone retrieval
- Suprapubic drainage
Biopsy
- Image-guided soft tissue and bone biopsy
- Intra-articular steroid injections
- Liver and Kidney
Gastrointestinal
- Gastrostomy tube placement - check - exchange- repostion - conversion -removal
- Gastro-jejunostomy tube placement - exchange
- Jejunostomy tube placement - replacement - exchange
- Cecostomy tube placement - exchange
Men’s health
- Infertility – Varicocele embolization
- Prostatic artery embolization
Women’s health
- Infertility – Selective salpinography
- Uterine fibroid -uterine artery embolization
Biliary intervention
- Biliary drain, placement, exchange and removal (native and transplant liver)
- Cholangiogram
- Cholecystostomy placement - drain check - exchange- removal
- Cholecystostomy Biliary Endoscopic Laser Lithotripsy (BELL) and percutaneous stone retrieval
Cancer therapy
- Chemoembolization of liver tumors
- Radioembolization (Yttrium-90)
- Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) of liver tumors, kidney tumors and osteoid osteomas
- Stenting of malignant strictures: bile duct, esophageal, tracheobronchial and intestinal
- Portal vein embolization
Arterography
- Aorta - Visceral -Pelvic - Pulmonary - Renal – Extremities
Renal vascular disease
- Renal artery angioplasty and stenting
Vascular embolization
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Hemoptysis - bronchial artery embolization
- Preoperative vessel occlusion
Vascular malformations
- Sclerotherapy of venous and lymphatic malformations
- AVMs - Peripheral and pulmonary
Venous
- Ablation
- Vein Sampling adrenal
- Venogram
- Venous angioplasty
- Thrombectormy - thrombolysis
Varicose veins and venous insufficiency
- Varicose veins - Legs
- Varicose veins - Other
- Venous Thromboembolic Disease
- Venous thrombolysis
- Angioplasty and stenting
- Permanent and temporary caval filtration (IVC filters) placement, retrieval
Portal hypertension
- TIPS / DIPS
- Variceal embolization
- Transjugular portosystemic shunt placement -check - revision
Other
- Thoracic Duct embolization
- Lymphagiogram
- Parathyroid sampling
- Foreign Body Removal
Acute hemorrhagic stroke
Acute ischemic stroke
Aneurysm
- Aneursyn Surveillance Program
Arteriovenous malformation and fistulas
Birthmarks - vascular malformation - pediatric neurovascular disease
- Aneurysms
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Venous malformations
- Birthmarks
- Vascular Lesions of the head and neck
Brain tumors requiring presurgical devascularization
- spine, skull base, head and neck tumor embolization
Carotid atherosclerosis
Cushing Syndrome - posterior petrosal sinus sampling
Epistaxis
Intracranial atherosclerosis
Moyamoya disease
Pulsatile tinnitus
Pseudotumor cerebri
Retinoblastoma
Seizure- WADA testing
Spinal AVMs and spinal DAVFs
Spinal conditions
Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for compression fractures and spine associated pain
- Spine biopsy
- Tartov's cysts
- Spinal AVM
- Dural fistulas
- Spinal angiogram
Tumors head and neck
- Soft tissue biopsy
- Lymph node biopsy