There is a wide range of liver and biliary interventional procedures, both diagnostic and therapeutic, most commonly using CT-guidance or ultrasound-guidance.
Vascular Interventions:
Percutaneous interventions:
liver biopsy (US and CT-guided)
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collections/abscess drainage
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transhepatic biliary interventions
Interventional oncologic therapeutic procedures:
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transarterial tumor embolization: a method that promotes tumor destruction through a combination of embolization of its supplier arteries, often combined with locoregional chemotherapy
bland embolization
transarterial chemoembolisation with drug-eluting beads (DEB-TACE)
hepatic radioembolization (also known as selective internal radiation therapy - SIRT)
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tumor ablation: percutaneous local tumor destruction using a device to cause a focussed zone of cell death
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thermal ablation techniques
cryoablation
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non-thermal ablation technique
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