Gastroenterology

So you’ve placed the biliary drain—are your patients getting the follow up that they need? In this episode, Dr. Ahsun Riaz from Northwestern University joins host, Dr. Christopher Beck, for a deep dive into biliary strictures—how to manage them effectively and navigate the potential complications of this challenging chronic condition.

Symptomatic gallstones that can’t be treated with surgery? Interventional radiology can help. In this episode of BackTable, Dr. John Smirniotopoulos, IR at MedStar Health, joins Dr. Michael Barraza to share the latest advancements and techniques in biliary endoscopy.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Lessne and Dr. John Martinie discuss the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration, patient-centered care, and the role of interventional radiology and surgery in treating benign and malignant biliary diseases. Dr. Lessne is an interventional radiologist at Charlotte Radiology and Dr. Martinie is a hepatobiliary surgeon at Carolinas Medical Center, both located in North Carolina.

In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts and interventional radiologist Dr. Kevin Henseler discuss his treatment algorithm and new technologies for embolization of GI bleeds.

In this episode, host Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Jerry Tan and Dr. Sandeep Bagla about how IR and GI can collaborate in the outpatient space, and how they developed a multidisciplinary approach to the minimally invasive treatment of hemorrhoids.

In this week’s episode, Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews co-hosts and IRs Dr. Ally Baheti and Dr. Chris Beck about indications, procedural steps, and patient education for tunneled pleural and peritoneal catheters.

In this crossover episode between BackTable VI and BackTable Innovation, Dr. Chris Beck interviews Dr. Riad Salem (Chief of Interventional Radiology at Northwestern University) and Peter Pattison (President of Interventional Oncology at Boston Scientific) about how TheraSpheres for Y90 radioembolization became a mainstay in the IR toolkit for HCC and where the technology is heading next.

In this episode, Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Christopher Beck about gastrostomy tubes, including the evolution of his method, tips for patients who pull their tubes out, and why g-tubes are such a controversial topic in IR.

In this episode, host Dr. Chris Beck interviews interventional radiologist Dr. George Behrens about how he built a robust multidisciplinary portal hypertension clinic in a community hospital, tips for common challenges during a TIPS, and post-TIPS management.

Dr. Aparna Baheti talks with Dr. Saher Sabri from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital about his approach to Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) for portal hypertension, including advanced tips and tricks.

Dr. Thor Johnson discusses his experience with the Argon BioPince biopsy needle for liver, renal and soft tissue biopsies, including tips and tricks for obtaining better biopsy samples with fewer passes. Recorded at SIR 2019 in ATX.

Dr. Jeffrey Chick and Dr. Ravi Srinivasa discuss what inspired them to start IRAD Lab, their advanced enteral access techniques, as well as a new technique for closing EC fistulas with laser!

Jeffrey Chick and Ravi Srinivasa of University of Michigan VIR. In Episode 24 they explain the advantages of using simple to learn endoscopic techniques in gallbladder, biliary and genitourinary cases.

Special guests Peter Bream MD and Aaron Brandis MD discuss the Balloon-Assisted (BAG) and Per-oral (POG) techniques for the gastrostomy procedure.