Interventional Radiology

This session provides a structured overview of Interventional Radiology.

The lecture focuses on the fundamental principles and clinical scope of interventional radiology, highlighting its role as a minimally invasive, image-guided subspecialty used across a wide range of vascular and non-vascular diseases. The indications for interventional procedures, patient selection criteria, and the advantages over conventional open surgical approaches are discussed, with emphasis on reduced morbidity, shorter hospital stay, and faster recovery.

Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques are reviewed with focus on key imaging modalities such as fluoroscopy, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Common interventional procedures, including angiography, angioplasty, stent placement, embolization, biopsy, drainage procedures, and tumor ablation techniques, are outlined in relation to their clinical applications. Radiation safety principles and complication management strategies are also addressed.

Following the lecture, a Kahoot quiz was held to reinforce key concepts, prizes were awarded to top-performing students, and the session concluded with an interactive Q&A.