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Dental Treatment 2018

Dentistry and Craniofacial Research

ISSN: 2576-392X

Page 65

September 10-11, 2018

Zurich, Switzerland

25

th

International Conference on

Dental Treatment

I

nterventional radiology or, as it is sometimes called, minimally

invasivesurgeryhasevolvedfromtraditionaldiagnosticradiology

over the last 20 years. Thus today many procedures can be done

with image guidance that in the past required an open approach.

The morbidity, risks and complications can often be reduced

significantly by image-guided minimally invasive percutaneous

techniques as compared to open surgical procedures. There are

many examples of successful interventional radiology performed

today: TIPS, in which the portal vein is connected to the hepatic

vein bypassing the liver in patients with liver failure, aspiration

biopsies in deep locations that were not accessible without an

open approach in the past, recanalization of the fallopian tubes

for infertility, and maintenance of vascular access in patients

with renal disease, to mention a few. Interventional maxillofacial

radiology is in its in- fancy. Only a few minimally invasive

procedures have been applied to this area, but it is quite obvious

that the percutaneous approach with needles is much preferred

in the maxillofacial region as compared to an open procedure. In

this chapter we have collected a few diagnostic and interventional

procedures that have been applied to themaxillofacial and related

areas. Of these procedures temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

arthrography and sialography are those which most typically

have been performed by maxillofacial radiologists. It is also our

opinion that image-guided biopsies of soft-tissue masses or

bone, being good alternatives to open surgery biopsies, should

be with- in the working area of these specialists. Although orbital

biopsies and embolizations are beyond their scope, we have also

illustrated such procedures to show the maxillofacial radiologist

what is indeed possible to safely perform.

Interventional radiology

Hanieh Abrishamkar

Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Iran

J Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3

DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C3-009