• Clifford J Raymond, Mamdouh Khayat, Chick Jeffrey Forris Beecham JFB Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, and Ravi N Srinivasa.
• Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
• Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Sep 1; 22 (3): 119-124.

AbstractEndoscopy is an underutilized technique in the practice of interventional radiology. The objectives of this article are to discuss potential uses of interventional radiology-operated endoscopy and to outline basic endoscopy setup and equipment uses. Endoscopy represents a new frontier to the fluoroscopically-guided procedures in biliary, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary disease that interventional radiologists commonly perform. It shows promise to improve interventional radiology procedure success rates and reduce procedure-associated risk for patients. Endoscopy has been traditionally performed by gastroenterologists and urologists and is relatively new in the practice of interventional radiology. The hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity required to perform standard image-guided procedures places interventional radiologists in a unique position to introduce endoscopy into standard practice. A focused and collaborative effort is needed by interventional radiologists to learn the techniques required to successfully integrate endoscopy into practice.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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