FAIRFAX, Va., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- New research on the latest research and trends in minimally invasive medicine will be presented live during a press conference on the following topics:
* Most Comprehensive Study to Date Shows Cognitive Improvements in Carotid Stenting Patients * Minimally Invasive Treatment Equally Effective as Surgery for Liver Cancer According to Three-year Data * Non-Surgical Thermal Ablation Reduces Pain From Chest Wall Tumors in 71.4 Percent of Treated Patients * Women with Debilitating Chronic Pelvic Pain Have Non-Surgical Solution * First Study of Uterine Fibroid Embolization for Post-Menopausal Women Shows a 92 Percent Success Rate * Study Compares Complications of Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatments for Uterine Fibroids * Laser Provides Children with Less Painful Treatment for Venous Malformations * Non-Surgical Treatment for Male Infertility, Already as Good as Surgery, Improved What: 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology When: Part I: Friday, March 31, 2006 at 9 a.m., ET Part II: Monday, April 3 2006 at 9 a.m., ET Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=32803 How: Live over the Internet -- Log on to the Web at the address above. Contact: Emily Oehler at Emily@SIRweb.org March 29 - April 4 call 416-585-3860; after April 4 call 703-460-5572
Interventional radiologists are board-certified physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They use X-rays, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, usually in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease non-surgically. Local interviews, medical illustrations and video footage are available.
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Society for Interventional Radiology
CONTACT: Emily Oehler of Society for Interventional Radiology, March 29 -April 4: +1-416-585-3860, after April 4: +1-703-460-5572, Emily@SIRweb.org
