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These templates have been prepared by the Clinical Radiology Patients' Liaison Group (CRPLG) of The Royal College of Radiologists and the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR). They are intended as information for patients who are recommended to have any one of these specific interventional radiology procedures, and as a starting point to aid discussions with the patient's Consultant clinical radiologist, prior to obtaining informed consent.
Embolisation of a vascular mass
Fistulogram, fistuloplasty and venoplasty
Inferior vena cava filter placement
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTC) and drainage
Radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG)
Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE)
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
Transjugular liver biopsy (TJLBx)