Guidelines and Statements
High-quality outcomes and patient safety
A framework of evidence-based clinical practice documents to ensure patient safety and enhance the delivery of patient care.
Methodology
The methodology for Guidelines and Statements helps create impactful documents that highlight the quality of evidence used to derive recommendations.
Ablation
Ablation therapy is a procedure doctors use to destroy abnormal tissue that can be present in many conditions.
Biopsy
A biopsy is a procedure to remove a piece of tissue or a sample of cells from your body so that it can be tested in a laboratory.
Continuous education
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Diagnostic
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Embolization
Embolization may be used to treat fibroids, pelvic veins, enlarged prostate, varicoceles and other conditions. It usually refers to a procedure in which medical materials or devices are placed into a blood vessel to temporarily or permanently stop bleeding.
General Imaging
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Hepatic/Portal
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Intervention
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Interventional Oncology
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IVC filter
IVC filter placement is a preventative tool placed inside a huge vein in the abdomen called the inferior vena cava to trap any blood clots that may break free from the veins in the legs and potentially reach the heart or the lungs. An IVC filter is one of the many treatments used to prevent a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot that travels to the lungs) and should only be placed in patients that cannot receive blood thinners or in patients in whom blood thinning treatment has failed.
JVIR
Our official science journal is the authoritative reference for interventional radiologists, radiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons, neurosurgeons and other clinicians who need current and reliable information on every aspect of vascular and interventional radiology.
Mens Health
Interventional radiologists may treat an enlarged prostate, and alleviate its worrisome symptoms, by blocking blood flow to the prostate (causing it to shrink), using a technique called embolization. They also use the same technique to reduce the swelling and pain associated with enlarged veins in the scrotum called varicoceles.
Musculoskeletal (MSK)
Musculoskeletal (bones, joints, spine)
Neurointerventional Radiology
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Non-vascular Interventions
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Operations and management
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Pediatric
Pediatric interventional radiologists (PIRs) are specially trained to deliver minimally invasive care to infants, children and teenagers. The treatments they deliver carry less risk, less pain and less recovery time than traditional surgery.
Peripheral Arterial
PAD happens when arteries in the legs narrow, reducing or cutting off blood flow, and is a leading cause of non-trauma related amputations when not diagnosed and treated early.
Practice development
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Pre/post procedural care and assessment
Pre/post procedural care and assessment refers to the medical evaluation and care provided to a patient both before and after a medical procedure, which involves assessing their health status, preparing them for the procedure, and monitoring their recovery afterwards to identify any complications and ensure proper healing
Quality improvement
Quality Improvement
Renal
Renal
Safety
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SIR policies
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Standards and guidelines
Standards and Guidelines
Stenting
Stenting is the placement of a woven tube covered by a metal mesh at the site of weakness to reinforce the arterial wall. Device placement is done with the help of a catheter which is inserted through the groin under real-time X-ray. Stent grafts are metallic stents covered by graft material and often used to treat an enlarged aorta in an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Thoracic/Abdominal
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Thrombolysis
Thrombolysis treats vascular blockages and improves blood flow by dissolving abnormal blood clots. A blood clot, or thrombus, can block off blood supply to certain parts of the body and cause serious damage. During catheter-directed thrombolysis, the physician uses X-ray imaging and a catheter to guide special medication or a medical device to the site of a blood clot to dissolve the blockage, to remove it and to prevent the vein or artery from becoming permanently blocked and restricting blood flow to a limb or organ.
Uterine fibroids
Topic hub for uterine fibroid
Vascular Malformation
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Venous
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Women in IR
For all women in interventional radiology.
Womens Health
Interventional radiologists treat a variety of conditions for women including uterine fibroids, infertility, chronic pelvic pain and varicose veins
Subcategories
Appropriate use criteria
Appropriate use criteria
Clinical practice guideline
Provide recommendations about benefits and drawbacks of different care options intended to optimize patient care.
Collaboration and endorsements
Consensus documents
Provide guidance from experts in the clinical area.
Position Statement
Practice guidance document
Provide robust background on clinical process, procedure or therapy; summaries of areas of consensus and persistent gaps; formation of consensus statements when evidence may be limited.
Practice parameters
Practice parameters
Quality improvement
Research reporting standards
Define a set of vocabulary for processes and outcomes to standardize comparison of data across multiple studies.
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Occupational Protection in Interventional Radiology. A Joint Guideline of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Society of Interventional Radiology
Since the initial edition of this Guideline was published in 2010, it has become increasingly clear that occupational protection involves more than just radiation protection. Additionally, radiation exposure to operators and staff occurs from sources other than fluoroscopy. This Guideline has been updated to incorporate these topics and to reflect new information on occupational protection in interventional radiology.
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A Society of Interventional Radiology Practice Guidance Document on Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistulae for Dialysis Access
The Renal and Genitourinary Clinical Specialty Council of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) formed a workgroup in collaboration with the SIR Guidelines and Statements Division to create up-to-date society-based consensus recommendations for the creation and maturation of percutaneous arteriovenous fistulae (pAVFs) for hemodialysis access.
Renal
JVIR
JVIR Article
Quality Improvement Guidelines for Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Leiomyomata
The Quality Improvement Guidelines for Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Leiomyomata, developed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), provides evidence-based recommendations to ensure the safe, effective, and standardized performance of uterine artery embolization (UAE) for the treatment of symptomatic fibroids. This document outlines best practices for patient selection, pre-procedural evaluation, and technical execution, emphasizing the importance of thorough imaging assessment with ultrasound and MRI to confirm diagnosis and determine candidacy.
Womens Health
Uterine fibroids
JVIR Article
SIR Research Reporting Standards for Genicular Artery Embolization
Status: Current. Genicular artery embolization (GAE) is an emerging, minimally invasive therapy to address the global burden of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and the unmet needs for medically refractory disease.
Peripheral Arterial
Intervention
Embolization
JVIR Article
SIR Position Statement on Endovascular Trauma Intervention in the Pediatric Population
Pediatric trauma care, including the role of endovascular management, varies considerably from that of adults.
Pediatric
Intervention
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Intravascular Ultrasound Use in Peripheral Arterial and Deep Venous Interventions: Multidisciplinary Expert Opinion From SCAI/AVF/AVLS/SIR/SVM/SVS
Percutaneous revascularization is the primary strategy for treating lower extremity venous and arterial disease. Angiography is limited by its ability to accurately size vessels, precisely determine the degree of stenosis and length of lesions, characterize lesion morphology, or correctly diagnose postintervention complications.
Venous
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ACR–SIR–SNIS–SPR Practice Parameter for Interventional Clinical Practice of Interventional Radiology
This practice parameter outlines the standards and best practices for the clinical practice of interventional radiology, a specialty focused on performing minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat a wide range of medical conditions.
General Imaging
Article
ACR–ASNR–SIR–SNIS PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ENDOVASCULAR THROMBECTOMY AND REVASCULARIZATION IN ACUTE STROKE
Status: Current
Neurointerventional Radiology
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ACR–SIR–SPR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE REPORTING AND ARCHIVING OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES
Current: Status
Practice development
General Imaging
Quality improvement
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