Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care

Peter L. Munk is Professor of Radiology, Orthopaedics, and Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia and Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology at the Vancouver General Hospital, Canada. Dr. Munk is a Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and a member of the International Skeletal Society. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal and is an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Radiology. Dr. Munk is the author of more than 400 published papers, 30 book chapters, and four books. His research interests center primarily on musculoskeletal tumors and musculoskeletal interventional procedures.Suresh B. Babu is a senior consultant interventional radiologist and honorary senior clinical lecturer in Singapore. Dr. Babu, whose qualifications include MBBS, DMRD, FRCR, FRCP, EBIR,and MBA has wide and varied experience in vascular interventional radiology, nonvascular interventional radiology, and interventional oncology. He is a Fellow of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe(FCIRSE). Dr. Babu has also worked in Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and his teaching experience includes a period as a clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham. His main research interests are novel therapies and clinical research. Currently, also Assistant Editor of Clinical Radiology, a journal of The Royal College of Radiologists.

• Part I. Introduction and Nutrition.- Introduction to Palliative Care.- Introduction to IR.- Clinical Applications of Outcome Measurement.- Ethics, Consent and Communication Challenges.- Intravenous Access Solutions.- Feeding Solutions.- PART II. Musculoskeletal Pain Relief Solutions.- Imaging Guided Palliative Procedures: Tendon and Bursa Injection.- Cement Consolidation: Vertebral Augmentation and Cementoplasty.- Palliative Bone Tumors Thermal Ablation.- PART III. Neurological Pain Relief Solutions.- Epidural Steroid Injections.- Spinal Facet Injections for Palliative Pain Management.- Spinal Nerve Root Blocks.- Nerve Blocks (Non Spinal).- Autonomic Blocks.- PART IV. Tumour Debulking Solutions.- Endovascular Embolisation Techniques.- Tumour Ablations.- PART V. Bleeding Solutions.- Bleeding Solutions in the Head and Neck.- Gastro-Intestinal Bleed.- Bleeding Solutions for Genito-Urinary Tract.- Bleeding Solutions in Lung.- Bleeding Solutions in Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Systems.- Bleeding Solutions for Fungating Masses.- PART VI. Obstruction Solutions.- Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction (MBDO): Obstruction Solutions for Liver and Gallbladder.- Obstructions Solutions for Kidneys and Urinary Bladder.- Role of IR in Large Bowel Obstruction.- PART VII. Drainages.- Effusions.- Ascites & Fluid Collections.- Abscesses.- PART VIII. Miscellaneous.- Treatment of Fistulas.- Intrathecal Pain Pumps: Placement and Management.

“This is an excellent and timely overview of an increasingly impor­tant crossover area that can yield considerable benefits for patients and healthcare systems in general. It is well illustrated and referenced throughout. I would recommend it to any radiology department as a refer­ence, and suggest it for the per­sonal library of interventional radiologists and those in training.” (David Maudgil, RAD Magazine, March, 2023)