Key result
Adequate training, planning, meticulous technique, and experience prevent interventional radiology complications.
Why the study?
Complications and adverse events are an inevitable part of interventional radiology, but many can be prevented with training, adequate planning, meticulous technique, and experience.
Highlights the complex mechanisms of complications in interventional radiology and their impact on both patients and physicians.
May support prioritizing training and technique in interventional radiology; leaves open prospective validation of specific protocols.
Complications in interventional radiology are often the result of complex mechanisms combined with elements such as poor preparation for a procedure (eg, not knowing your patient well, not having the right plan or supplies), technical errors (eg, inadequate technique, perceptual errors), and communication issues. Learning how to anticipate, prevent, and rapidly correct a complication is critical to avoid a major adverse event for the patient. Complications not only affect patients but also the well-being of the physician. There can be serious physical, emotional, and cognitive detrimental effects. Physicians usually are poorly prepared to deal with the aftermath of a major complication.
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Jorge Lopera (2025) conducted a review in Complications in interventional radiology. Complications in interventional radiology arise from complex mechanisms like poor preparation and technical errors, causing detrimental physical and emotional effects on patients and physicians.
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