title: Interventional radiology in the acute pediatric abdomen.
abstract: This article addresses the most common types of interventional procedures performed in the pediatric abdomen. Nonvascular interventions are stressed because they are more common than vascular interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Hoffer
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography