Image-Guided Tumor Ablation: How to Build a Practice

Abstract

Integrating the occasional tumor ablation procedure into a thriving radiology practice is not a particularly difficult job. Patient preoperative workup, billing, and patient follow-up need not change from the usual handling of other interventional radiology or cross-sectional imaging patients. If the intent, however, is to build a large, thriving tumor ablation service, many issues need to be addressed if the venture is to be successful, without placing undue time and financial burden on a radiology practice. My practice is image-guided tumor ablation exclusively, and therefore this chapter focuses on problems and pitfalls associated with building a successful tumor ablation practice.