Edward Wolfgang Lee, MD, PhD, believes he is the specialty's only physician to perform a key life-saving, minimally invasive procedure on a child. 

The hope is that the new service will open the door for patients to undergo treatment and diagnostic exams locally instead of having to travel long distances. 

The American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and others are concerned about how the two commercial insurers regulate peripheral nerve stimulation. 

BrainBot's development represents a significant step forward for image-guided interventional procedures, as fully robotic neurosurgical devices are not designed to be MRI-compatible.  

Its warning pertains to Flexible Cryoprobes, made by Marietta, Georgia-based manufacturer Erbe USA, which may rupture or burst during device activation. 

The new guidelines focus on pelvic venous disorders, which can cause a wide array of painful symptoms.

National Government Services is seeking to limit the use of thermal destruction of the intraosseous basivertebral nerve, aka the Intracept procedure, drawing ire from ACR and SIR. 

Quantum Surgical, which specializes in minimally invasive, robotic-assisted cancer care, recently reached a deal to acquire NeuWave Medical, previously held by J&J. 

Typically, these cancers are treated via surgical resection, but ablative techniques have gained recognition in recent years due to their less invasive nature. 

Amid work-from-home disparities between interventional and diagnostic rads, researchers recently interviewed hundreds of IRs to learn about the landscape.