Pam Harrison A minimally invasive, image-guided procedure that blocks small vessels in the knee with the help of biodegradable microspheres relieves symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA), a small study found. In the first US clinical trial of geniculate artery embolization (GAE), the procedure provided durable results out to 6 months in 6 of 13 patients…
DetailsThe minimally-invasive treatments provided by the leading interventional radiology doctors in Dallas have a strong place in the overall treatment of cancer. Even when surgery presents the best chances for a cure, IR treatments such as chemoembolization or tumor ablation may be employed to shrink tumors or stop their growth before surgery. Because systemic chemotherapy…
DetailsThe late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert once quipped, “The Internet is wonderful…you can find information about anything there. And some of it is even true.” In no area of life is this insight truer than when searching for medical information, and therein lies a very real danger. From what we’ve seen as doctors…
DetailsOne of the reasons that MTV IR is known for offering some of the best liver cancer treatment in Dallas is the facility we have chosen as our base of operations. Established in April, 2014, the Walnut Hill Medical Center was designed from Day One to be a unique medical facility in which a community…
DetailsAs one of the top pain management centers in Fort Worth, we have chosen to focus our practice on the use of advanced interventional radiology (IR) procedures to treat cancer. One aspect of that treatment is helping patients to manage pain, especially when cancer cells metastasize and travel from the site of the primary cancer…
DetailsIf your doctors have referred you to the specialists at MTV IR for treating liver cancer in Dallas, you probably have a number of questions about what Interventional Radiology (IR) is and what to expect. In this article we’ll try to present some general information to help you feel comfortable with the process ahead of…
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