Interventional radiology (IR) involves radiologists using imaging techniques to access the inner areas of most organs and systems. By employing a wide range of methods, they can address specific conditions through the skin, avoiding the need for surgery. This technology utilizes tools like balloons, catheters, microcatheters, stents, and therapeutic embolization, which intentionally block blood vessels. The field of interventional radiology is expanding and diversifying, overlapping with other surgical fields like interventional cardiology, surgery, and various minimally invasive procedures such as biopsies. Nowadays, specialists performing interventional procedures include not only radiologists but also general surgeons, vascular surgeons, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, gynecologists, and urologists.
