At Hospital Valdebebas, our Interventional Radiology (IR) Unit specializes in minimally invasive, image-guided procedures designed to treat a wide range of conditions with greater safety, less pain, and faster recovery.
Our expert team, supported by state-of-the-art technology, provides efficient and effective care in close collaboration with other medical specialties within the hospital.
Fast-track access to specialized care, reducing waiting times.
Flexible scheduling and immediate response capacity.
Comprehensive follow-up with clinical and radiological monitoring after each procedure.
Minimally invasive techniques that reduce risks and promote faster recovery.
PICC line placement for intravascular therapies, in close coordination with specialized nursing teams.
Cutting-edge image-guided procedures using the latest-generation equipment.
Access to innovative techniques not available in most hospitals.
Dedicated interventional radiologists with exclusive focus on IR.
Close collaboration with leading hospital units for comprehensive, patient-centered care.
Integrated approach with doctors and nursing teams, ensuring seamless coordination.
Treatments
Diagnostic Angiography (thoracic, abdominal, peripheral).
Core needle biopsies of the liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, adrenal glands, retroperitoneal or pelvic masses.
Image-guided biopsies of deep lesions.
Percutaneous cholangiography (diagnostic and therapeutic).
Placement and replacement of biliary catheters and external/internal drains.
Vascular diagnosis and surgical planning.
Percutaneous drainage of abscesses (intra-abdominal, hepatic, pelvic, perirectal).
Uterine fibroid embolization.
Therapeutic arterial embolization: hepatic tumors (HCC, metastases), active hemorrhage, uterine hypervascularization, pelvic varicoceles, splenic or visceral aneurysms.
Selective portal vein embolization / surgical preparation (Appleby procedure, contralateral liver hypertrophy).
Palliative embolization for bleeding tumors.
Tissue perfusion studies.
Phlebography and lymphography.
Percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy (PRG).
Arterial and venous interventional procedures.
Digestive, urological, and general interventional radiology.
Gynecologic and oncologic interventional radiology.
Pre-surgical planning in collaboration with general, digestive, gynecologic, and orthopedic surgery.
Hepatic radioembolization (TARE – Transarterial Radioembolization).
Pelvic congestion syndrome treatment.
Venous therapies: sclerotherapy and embolization of malformations, treatment of pelvic varices, image-guided venous access (Port-a-Cath, PICC line, tunneled catheter).
Percutaneous nephrostomy and placement of image-guided ureteral catheters.
Tumor vascularization assessment prior to oncologic treatment.