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