Interventional Radiology

Interventional radiologists use advanced imaging (ultrasounds, X-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, and other innovative methods) to see inside the body and treat complex conditions – including cardiovascular disease and cancer – less invasively and with unprecedented precision. 

Interventional radiology can be used to treat conditions in virtually all of the body’s organ systems, including:

• Digestive organs – stomach, intestines, and liver.
• Nerve tissues – spinal cord and brain.
• Chest cavity – lungs and respiratory system.
• Heart and vascular system – arteries, veins, and blood vessels.
• Musculoskeletal system – spine, bones, and joints.
• Genital and urinary organs – testes, uterus, and kidneys.
• Other tissues and organs.

Our interventional radiologists work both independently and in collaboration with other Cooper health care professionals and medical and surgical specialists. From initial consultation to follow-up care, Cooper Interventional Radiology is an integral part of your health care team.

Cooper is leading the way in offering some of today’s most advanced interventional radiology treatments, including prostate artery embolization, varicocele embolization, genicular artery embolization (GAE) for knee pain, and hemorrhoidal artery embolization for symptomatic hemorrhoids. These innovative, minimally invasive procedures give patients access to effective treatment options that can reduce pain, improve comfort, and help them return more quickly to their daily lives.

Conditions and Treatment Services

Using an array of imaging services – including fluoroscopy, computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging – our interventionists perform a range of treatments for a number of conditions.

Interventional Oncology

• Conditions – liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, other), liver metastases (colon or rectum, neuroendocrine, breast, other), kidney cancer, lung cancer, adrenal tumors.
• Services – embolization, chemoembolization, Yttrium-90 (90Y) radioembolization; microwave ablation, cryoablation, alcohol ablation; biopsies; and placement, removal and revision.

Men’s Health

• Conditions – benign prostatic hyperplasia, varicocele.
• Services – prostatic artery embolization, varicocele embolization.

Women’s Health

• Conditions – uterine fibroids, adenomyosis, pelvic congestion syndrome, infertility.
• Services – uterine artery/uterine fibroid embolization, gonadal vein embolization, fallopian tube recanalization.

Venous Disease 

• Conditions – superficial venous disease and varicose veins, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, May-Thurner syndrome, Paget-Schroetter syndrome.
• Services – varicose vein ablation, sclerotherapy, inferior vena cava filter insertion and removal, thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting, thrombectomy.

Musculoskeletal and Joint Interventions 

• Conditions – chronic joint pain (knee, shoulder, hip) due to arthritis or inflammation
• Services – genicular artery embolization for chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis

Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Interventions

• Conditions – symptomatic internal hemorrhoids, lower GI bleeding
• Services – hemorrhoidal artery embolizatio

Dialysis Access Interventions

• Conditions – hemodialysis access, access malfunction.
• Services – dialysis access catheters, maintenance of dialysis fistula/graft patency (de-clot, thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting), peritoneal dialysis access creation and maintenance.

Portal Hypertension

• Conditions – portal hypertension, esophageal varices, gastric varices, variceal bleeding, ascites, portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome.
• Services – transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, retrograde transvenous obliteration, portal vein recanalization, paracentesis, peritoneal drain placement, peritoneal-venous shunt placement.

Genitourinary Interventions

• Conditions – hydronephrosis, ureter obstruction, angiomyolipoma.
• Services – nephrostomy, ureteral stenting, endo-urinary biopsy, ablation, stricture therapy, embolization.

Biliary Tract Disease

• Conditions – bile duct obstruction, bile leak, cholecystitis.
• Services – percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, cholangioplasty, stenting, cholecystostomy, biliary biopsy.

Liver, Kidney, Pancreas, and Lung Transplant Interventions

• Conditions – rejection, infection, abscess, vascular problems (stenosis, bleeding), bile duct obstruction, bile leak, hydronephrosis, ureter obstruction, urine leak, pleural effusion.
• Services – angiography, venography, angioplasty, stenting, transjugular liver biopsy, biliary drainage, cholangioplasty, nephrostomy, ureteral stents, chest tubes.

Vascular Malformation

• Conditions – arteriovenous malformation, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
• Services – angiography, embolization, lymphangiogram.

Other Nonvascular Services

• Conditions – abscess, pleural effusion, malnutrition, intestinal leak, pancreas leak, fistulae, lymphatic abnormalities.
• Services – imaging-guided drainage, feeding tube placement and management, lymphangiogram and lymphatic embolization.

Osseous/Pain Interventions

• Conditions – malignant/benign bone lesions, osteoporotic fracture, chronic neurologic/vascular/oncologic pain.
• Services – image-guided biopsy, cement fixation, spinal augmentation (kyphoplasty/ vertebroplasty/ablation), celiac plexus block, lumbar sympathectomy, peripheral nerve block, stellate ganglion block, MLF block, peripheral and central nerve ablation.