Jeffrey A Leef MD
Interventional Radiologist | Vascular & Interventional Radiology
5841 S MARYLAND AVE CHICAGO IL, 60637About
Dr. Jeffrey Leef is an interventional radiologist practicing in CHICAGO, IL. Dr. Leef specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. Interventional radiologists use X-Rays, MRIs and other advanced imaging to put catheters in the body in order to treat the source of the disease internally. Many conditions that once required surgery can now have less risk, less pain and fewer invasions when treated by an interventional radiologist.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Holmium: YAG laser endoureterotomy in the treatment of ureteroenteric strictures following orthotopic urinary diversion.
- Exchange of poorly functioning tunneled permanent hemodialysis catheters.
- Radiologic gastrostomy placement: pigtail- versus mushroom-retained catheters.
- Radiologic placement of implantable chest ports in pediatric patients.
- Long-term venous complications after full-size and segmental pediatric liver transplantation.
- Balloon dilatation of biliary-enteric strictures in children.
- Percutaneous treatment of venous outflow obstruction in pediatric liver transplants.
- Mediastinal Castleman disease: embolization without surgery.
- Embolization of postsurgical obturator artery pseudoaneurysm.
- Evaluation and treatment of suspected type II endoleaks in patients with enlarging abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Atheromatous macroembolism after balloon angioplasty of the superficial femoral artery.
- Percutaneous transluminal mesenteric angioplasty.
- Radiologic placement of subcutaneous infusion chest ports for long-term central venous access.
- Re: Placement of long-term central venous catheters in outpatients.
- Radiologically guided placement of pull-type gastrostomy tubes.
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