Interventional Radiology, Radio Diagnosis and Imaging

The Department of Radiology is well equipped with a range of state-of-the-art modern equipment to facilitate maximum precision in diagnosis and treatment.These include latest equipment for regular imaging along with 3D/4D/contrast, advanced Ultrasound and Doppler imaging, Digital X-ray and fluoroscopy.The Radiology Department also houses mammography units, multi-slice CT and MRI.

Interventional Radiology

Caritas Hospital houses the only advanced Interventional Radiology Unit in the whole of Central Travancore. We offer a wide range of highly specialized, image-guided minimally invasive neuroradiology, vascular, oncology, hepato-biliary, urology and transplant intervention procedures for both for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes.

Services offered:

• Interventional Radiology outpatient clinic ( All weekdays)
• Cross consultation with other departments in procedural planning.
• 24-hour emergency Interventional Radiology services.

The Division of Interventional Radiology undertakes the following vascular and non-vascular procedures:

• FNAC/biopsy
• Aspiration/ Percutaneous Catheter Drainage (PCD)
• Percutaneous Trans-hepatic Biliary Drainage (PTBD)
• Trans Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE)
• Embolisation and coiling (bronchial, GI bleed, uterine, traumatic, intracranial)
• Angioplasty/ Thrombolysis (GI, peripheral)
• Stenting (biliary, ureteric and vascular)
• Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) in HCC, RCC, lung and bone tumours
• Varicose vein ablation and Injection Sclerotherapy
• Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Estimation (HVPG)
• Trans-jugular Liver Biopsy (TJLB)
• Trans-jugular Intrahepatic Porto-systemic Shunt (TIPS)
• Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Trans-venous Obliteration (BRTO) of Gastric Varices

These procedures, which require high expertise, are performed in only a few institutes in the whole of India. The Division of Interventional Radiology is the first in the state of Kerala to initiate the Trans-jugular Intra-hepatic Porto-systemic Shunt (TIPS) procedures in patients with liver cirrhosis. The credit for successfully conducting the highest number of TIPS procedures in Kerala also goes to our Interventional Radiology Division.