Key result
An ambulatory interventional radiology practice for cancer patients with high comorbidity burden demonstrated consistent high-volume and low anesthesia-related complications.
Why the study?
The integration of interventional radiology into a freestanding ambulatory surgery center is an innovative practice model.
Observational
Integrating oncologic interventional radiology into a freestanding ambulatory surgery center is a feasible model that maintains low anesthesia-related complications for high-risk patients.
May support ambulatory IR for comorbid cancer patients; leaves open prospective comparative trials.
The integration of interventional radiology (IR) into a freestanding ambulatory surgery center is an innovative practice model. We describe our experience with an ambulatory IR practice providing comprehensive cancer care since 2017 mostly to patients with a high comorbidity burden within a large urban and suburban health care system. We discuss the specific features, anesthetic considerations, and select outcomes and descriptive data showing consistent high-volume and low-anesthesia-related complications. This model may inform future expansions of outpatient IR services for high-risk populations, with implications for increased patient satisfaction and expanding access and efficiency in cancer care. .
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Simon et al. (2025) conducted an observational in Cancer. Ambulatory interventional radiology practice was evaluated on Anesthesia-related complications. An ambulatory interventional radiology practice for cancer patients with high comorbidity burden demonstrated consistent high-volume and low anesthesia-related complications.
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