title: [Interventional radiology in Norwegian hospitals].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In recent years, interventional radiology has gained in importance in patient treatment. In order to assess the impact of this trend, the executive committee of the Norwegian Society for Interventional Radiology made a registration of all interventional procedures in Norwegian hospitals in the year 2000.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected by a questionnaire sent to all Norwegian hospitals. Coronary interventions were not included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-four out of 58 departments returned the questionnaire; 33 stated that they performed interventional procedures. A total of 18 135 procedures were performed in Norway in 2000; we present data on the distribution of types of procedures on different categories of hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A large number of interventional radiological procedures were performed in Norwegian hospitals in the year 2000, types of intervention that are considered very important in patient management in small hospitals, too.
authors.affiliation: Radiologisk avdeling, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, 5021 Bergen. guje@haukeland.no
authors.forename: Guttorm
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jenssen
authors.forename: Staal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatlinghus
authors.forename: Geir
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hafsahl
authors.forename: Lars Olaf
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Holmen
authors.forename: Tor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gjølberg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires