Pediatric Interventional Radiology Procedures

The Pediatric Interventional Radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has deep expertise in a broad range of procedures.

These procedures include:

• Abdominal Drainage
• Abscess Drainage
• Arteriogram (or angiogram)
• Arthrogram
• Balloon G-J tube placement
• Biliary Dilatation
• Chest drainage
• Cholecystostomy
• Dialysis fistula or graft intervention
• Embolization
• Esophageal dilatation
• Implantable venous port (chest or arm)
• Low profile balloon G-J tube
• Lumbar puncture
• Lung biopsy
• Lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization
• Lymphatic imaging and interventions
• Nephrostomy tube placement
• Percutaneous cecostomy tube placement
• Percutaneous gastrostomy feeding tube placement
• Percutaneous liver biopsy
• Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram
• PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter)
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Salivary gland botulinum injections
• Sclerotherapy
• Temporary central line placement
• Thrombolysis
• Transjugular Liver Biopsy
• Tunneled central line placement/removal