Interdisciplinary Research Interventional Radiology Unit Activities The Interventional Radiology Unit is one of the very few European Units of Interventional Radiology that manages its own beds in a dedicated ward; 225 Ordinary Admissions and 331 Daily Admissions (Day Surgery) were performed in 2012. 1257 main interventions (such as liver, renal and lung thermal ablations; liver embolizations and radioembolizations), 2530 minor procedures (such as image guided biopsies and port placements) were performed in three distinct dedicated interventional rooms. Clinical activity also included around 1000 outpatient consultations and 112 concomitant surgical interventions (both during laparoscopy and open surgery). In January 2012 the Unit performed the first percutaneous hepatic chemoperfusion in extracorporeal circulation in Europe. Innovation, clinical research and development of newer treatment strategy in multimodal management of tumor disease, are the backbone of daily practice of the Unit, which represents today one of the pillars of clinical management at the European Institute of Oncology
graduate School of Radiology of the University of Milan. In 2012 we organized 7 residential courses, with a total of 204 ECM credits.
The Division is participating to more than 120 clinical trials conducted by clinical departments.
Bonomo G, Della Vigna P, Monfardini L, Orgera G, Chiappa A, Bianchi PP, Zampino MG, Orsi F. Combined therapies for the treatment of technically unresectable liver malignancies: bland embolization and radiofrequency thermal ablation within the same session. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Dec;35(6):1372-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-012-0341-0. Epub 2012 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 22271077
The Division of Radiology is member of the European Institute of Biomedical Imaging Research, and strict co-operation, in research and medical education, is maintained with Insespital University of Berne, University of Sussex, the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Unit of Interventional Radiology is involved into the ESIR (European School of Interventional Radiology) and is an active member of CIRSE (Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe). The Division is deeply involved in educational programmes, being part of the teaching activities of the School of Medicine, School of Radiographers and Post-
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Publications G. Petralia, P.Summers, S.Viotti, R.Montefrancesco, S.Raimondi, M.Bellomi - Quantification of variability in perfusion CT analysis of HCC: a step towards clinical use - Radiology 2012;265 448-456, doi: 10.1148/ radiol.12111232 (6.069) C.A.Méndez, F.Pizzorni Ferrarese, P.Summers, G.Petralia, G.Menegaz - DCE-MRI and DWI integration for Breast Lesions assessment and heterogeneity quantification - Int J Biomed Imaging 2012; ID 676808, doi 10.1155/2012/676808 G. Veronesi, P. Maisonneuve, M. Bellomi, C. Rampinelli, I.Durli, R. Bertolotti, L.Spaggiari. - Estimating Overdiagnosis In Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening For Lung Cancer - Ann Int Med 2012;157:776784. (16.733)
Orgera G, Krokidis M, Monfardini L, Arnone P, Bonomo G, Della Vigna P, Curigliano G, Orsi F. Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) ablation in pancreatic metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Oct;35(5):1258-61. PubMed PMID: 22011784.
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