Guidelines and statements

All documents undergo peer review, leadership approval and publication in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR).

The open call for guidelines and statements topics will be available from November - December every year.

Document topic	Estimated release date
Clinical practice guidelines
IVC filters in the treatment of patients with thromboembolic disease	August 2020
Uterine fibroid embolization	Spring 2021
Vertebral augmentation for pathologic spine fractures	Summer 2021
Quality improvement
Percutaneous ablation of lung tumors	Summer 2020
Pediatric nephrostomy	Summer 2020
Cholangiography, biliary drainage, and cholecystostomy	Summer 2020
Image-guided percutaneous needle biopsy	Summer 2020
Percutaneous transcatheter embolization	Summer 2020
Position statements
Percutaneous ablation of lung tumors	Summer 2020
Pelvic congestion syndrome	Summer 2020
Treatment of acute iliofemoral DVT with catheter-directed intrathrombus thrombolysis	Spring 2021
Pediatric trauma interventions	Spring 2021
Expert consensus
Pediatric appendix to SIR Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions	Spring 2021
Recently published
SIR Research Reporting Standards on Prostatic Artery Embolization	April 2020
SIR Quality Improvement Standards for Image-Guided Percutaneous Drainage and Aspiration of Abscesses and Fluid Collections	February 2020
SIR Position Statement on Endovascular Intervention for Trauma	January 2020
SIR Position Statement on the Role of Percutaneous Ablation in Renal Cell Carcinoma	January 2020
SIR Quality Improvement Standards on Percutaneous Ablation in Renal Cell Carcinoma	January 2020

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