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