Radiology & Medical Imaging

 Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography ( PTC ) PTC is an x-ray procedure that involves direct-inject of contrast medium in the bile duct. These are the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine In this procedure, a thin needle is directly inserted through the skin into the liver to reach the bile duct. Indications Contraindication Equipment Patient Preparation Procedure Aftercare Complication                 Indications ERCP procedure is failed  Strictures in the bile duct Suspected bile duct obstruction Billary system delineation in the presence of intra and extrahepatic biliary calculi Cause of Jaundice Suspected tumor Anatomic evaluation of complications of ERCP                     Contraindications Suspected pregnancy Allergic to contrast medium Bleeding tendency Gross Ascites - Fluid in the abdominal cavity Sever infection at the puncture si...

Sialography The disease of the salivary glands they would inject contrast in order to be able to kind of see because at the site the salivary glands don't show up on a regular x-ray and so you have to get some contrast in there and a lot of times they use just a tiny little amount of oil-based contrast. The parotid is the submandibular  also called the submaxillary and then the  sublingual and these glands. Indications: Detection of calculi, foreign body Detect the extent of destruction of the gland Detection of fistulae and strictures Diagnosis swelling and inflammation Demonstration of tumor Selection of biopsy site  Stones in saliva  glands there could be strictures which  that's anytime you've got one of these  ducts that are being clamped off by either  deposition of some kind of detritus in  the gland you know this is causing it to  get narrower or there could be a growth  near the gland that's cutting it off and  what would h...

Arthrography  The indications contraindications and complications of arthrography describe pertinent Anatomy imaged on an arthrogram discuss pre-procedure preparation and assessment of a patient undergoing arthrography identify radiation protection and technical factors used during arthrography identify contrast agents used and their indications for an arthrogram described the patient positioning and procedural steps of an arthrogram of the hip and shoulder discuss post-procedure care and instructions for patients following an arthrogram procedure the patients.  The performance of the procedure a focused physical examination of the patient's affected joint may be performed labs are usually not needed on patients who are not on anticoagulant therapy for patients on warfarin therapy pro Stompin time or PT partial thromboplastin time or PTT INR and platelet count can be ordered, patients in anticoagulant therapy do not need to stop their medications prior to the procedure informe...