Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in Gynecological and Obstetric Diseases

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. Antonio Pinto is chief of Diagnostic Radiology at the Ospedale dei Colli CTO in Naples, Italy. He previously served as chief of the Emergency Radiology Department at Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies (Italian Society of Radiology, European Society of Radiology, American Society of Emergency Radiology, just to name a few). His research fields include Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency Radiology, Gastrointestinal Radiology, Forensic Radiology, and Molecular Imaging. He has authored several books published with Springer (Imaging of Alimentary Tract Perforation (2015), Imaging of Foreign Bodies (2014), Errors in Radiology (2012), and MDCT Anatomy-Body (2011), as well as several articles in national and international journals. 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 Radiology Society 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.  

Part 1. Imaging.- Chap 1. Imaging in gynecology.- Chap 2. Imaging in obstetrics.- Part 2. IR in women.- Chap 3. Materials.- Chap 4. Radioprotection.- Chap 5. Pharmaceutical aspects: pre-, peri-, post-procedural.- Chap 6. Ethic and safety.-  Part 3. Gynecological Pathologies.- Chap 7. Management of Falloppian tube obstructions.- Chap 8. Embolics and sclerosis in PCS.- Chap 9. Endovascular embolization of uterine myomas and adenomiosis.- Chap 10. Percutaneous ablation of uterine myomas.- Chap 11. HIFU of uterine myomas.- Chap 12. Embolization of uterine AVMs.- Chap 13. Malignancies: collections drainage, biopsies and endovascular bail-out treatments.-.Part 4. Obstetrical Pathologies.- Chap 14. Embolization of scar pregnancies and extrauterine implants.- Chap 15. IR in PPH: rescue strategies.- Chap 16. IR in PPH: prevention strategies.