Dr Michael Carey is a
Consultant Interventional Radiologist practicing at John Hunter Hospital
and Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.
Procedures performed by Dr Carey include:
Vascular and dialysis access insertion:
- Portacath
- Permacath
- Central line
- Peritoneal dialysis
Interventional Oncology:
- TACE (Transarterial Chemoembolisation)
- Tumour ablation (microwave and cryoablation)
- CT and ultrasound guided biopsy
Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary:
- Emergency haemorrhage embolisation
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), biliary stenting, cholangioscopy and biliary lithotripsy
- Cholecystostomy
- Radiologically inserted gastrostomy
- Balloon-occluded/plug-assisted/coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO/PARTO/CARTO)
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
- CT and ultrasound guided collection drainage
Urological:
- Percutaneous nephrostomy and ureteric stenting
- AML and pre-operative renal embolisation
- Prostate artery embolision
- Varicocele embolisation
Gynaecological:
- Ovarian vein embolisation
- Uterine fibroid embolisation
Vascular:
- Peripheral arterial thrombolysis/thrombectomy, plasty and stenting
- Central and peripheral venous thrombolysis/thrombectomy, plasty and stenting
- IVC filter insertion/retrieval