Table 1.
Type of supportive/symptomatic IO procedure | No of trusts | Percentage of total |
Image-guided biopsy | 137 | 100 |
Nephrostomy | 129 | 94 |
Image-guided drainage | 128 | 93 |
Central venous catheter | 125 | 91 |
Ureteric stenting | 124 | 91 |
Biliary drainage and stenting | 118 | 86 |
Vena caval filtration | 88 | 64 |
Gastrointestinal stenting | 87 | 64 |
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography | 84 | 61 |
Enteral tube placement, for example, radiologically inserted gastrostomy | 81 | 59 |
Vena caval stenting | 79 | 58 |
Ascitic diversion | 39 | 28 |
Vertebroplasty | 6 | 4 |
Isolated perfusion chemotherapy | 5 | 4 |
Out of 144, 7 who offered IO did not include what procedures were offered and were excluded from calculations.
IO, interventional oncology.