Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in Gynecological and Obstetric Diseases

This book focuses on the role of diagnostic and interventional radiology in obstetrical and gynecological diseases. It provides relevant information on each topic, considering both diagnostic and interventional radiology, which now belong to the same professional unit. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the most relevant clinical aspects of the pathology. Diagnostic examinations are also discussed, with a focus on the radiological studies (US/CT/MR) functional to subsequent procedures. This is followed by an interventional section, which clarifies the indications, contraindications, techniques (including choice of materials) and follow-up. Lastly, clinical cases are provided, together with multiple-choice review questions. Given its scope, the book will appeal to radiologists, gynecologists and obstetricians, as well as to residents in these specialties.

About the Author

Raffaella Niola is head of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit at Cardarelli Hospital, Naples. She specialized in surgery in Naples (1986), and later in Diagnostic Radiology in Padua (1990). She is also a coordinator of training courses for Radiology technicians, as well as a Professor of Interventional Radiology at the University Federico II. Since 2021 she is the president of the Italian College of Interventional Radiology of Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica e Interventistica SIRM. She has authored more than 170 articles published in national and international journals, as well as several book chapters.

Francesco Giurazza works at the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Department, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy. Main fields of interest are embolization and oncological interventions. He specialized in Radiology in Rome in 2016. He accomplished a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2018. Holder of the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) since 2019. He has been Italian representative member of European Trainees Forum of Cardiovascular and Interventional RadiologySociety of Europe (CIRSE) and coordinator of the juniores Interventional Radiology section of Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica e Interventistica (SIRM). Since 2021 he is the secretary of the Italian College of Interventional Radiology of SIRM. He has authored more than 100 articles published in international journals and 3 chapter books.