CT-guided interventions. Present and future aspects.
Interventional radiology has given us new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities and is no longer a heroic procedure. The best information for the safest approach, except interventions in the vascular system, is provided by the CT scan. If the indications and conditions are respected and the intervention is done with care, it is possible to reach parts of the body, that were only accessible by surgery until now. In therapeutic interventions this also means, that the radiologist will be involved much more in the care of the patients than before.
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Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiol. Univ.-Klinik Freiburg, Germany.
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