The role of interventional radiology in the acute phase

If you are reading this article, then you are probably old enough to remember when the internet wasn’t as widely available. Remember plugging in the cable that allowed you to use the internet via the phone socket? Remember the weird dial tone when you were being connected? In reality, we are only talking about 20 years ago, but look how far technology has advanced. Commercial technology is inextricably linked to medical technology, and when one advances so, inevitably, does the other – albeit at a much slower pace given ethics and research standards that have to be met.

The advancement in the medical technology industry over such a short period has facilitated a multi-generational change in medical practice when it comes to managing unwell patients in the acute phase. Thus, it is unsurprising that there is almost no subspeciality of medicine or surgery that does not rely on or include interventional radiology (IR) as part of the patient’s acute management pathway.

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