title: Update on interventional uroradiology.
abstract: From its humble beginnings as a method of expediently decompressing the obstructed kidney, the field of interventional uroradiology has evolved in the hands of urologists and interventional radiologists to a means of addressing myriad problems in the urinary tract and has changed the day-to-day practice of urology. The foundation of interventional uroradiology is the creation of an appropriate entry into the urinary system. After a review of this basic procedure, extensions of the technique and new applications of emerging technology are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Assimos
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D003558:Cystoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D014567:Urography