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St. Joseph’s Medical Center offers comprehensive interventional radiology (IR) services to treat many conditions that once required surgery. By utilizing minimally invasive techniques, IR procedures generally result in decreased risks, less pain, and shorter recovery times for patients when compared to traditional surgery. Whether your patients are experiencing back pain, chronic kidney disease, heart and vascular conditions, cancer, or men’s or women’s health issues, IR treatments are available to address many health concerns.

St. Joseph’s interventional radiologists have a wealth of experience and expertise in leading-edge, minimally invasive procedures. Featured services and treatments include:

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• Angiography for vascular malformation

• Balloon kypohoplasty for vertebral compression fractures

• Cryoablation for kidney cancer

• Pain management to treat nerve pain (pain blocks)

• Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)

• Peripheral arterial and venous disease

• Prostate artery embolization (PAE)

• Radioembolization for liver cancer (Y90)

• Uterine artery / uterine fibroid embolization (UAE / UFE)

For more information, visit dignityhealth.org/stockton/IR or call IR scheduling at (209) 467-6323.

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