Bladder Cancer Kidney Cancer Urinary Tract Infection (UT) Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Calculus of the Urinary System
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Dr. Kuo graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1995. He works in Green Valley, AZ and 2 other locations and specializes in Urology. Dr. Kuo is affiliated with Carondelet St Marys Hospital and Northwest Medical Center.
Dr. Kuo graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2000. He works in Stanford, CA and 1 other location and specializes in Diagnostic Radiology and Vascular & Interventional Rad. Dr. Kuo is affiliated with Stanford Hospital.
American Board of Radiology Certification in Diagnostic Radiology (Radiology) American Board of Radiology Sub-certificate in Vascular and Interventional Radiology (Radiology)
An interventional radiologic device for removal of an embedded filter is provided. The device distinguishes a laser sheath with optical fibers for applying ablation energy to tissue. A removable introducer is movable within the lumen of the laser sheath and has at least two open channels to run wires. One or more sheath detachable modular adapters are used for providing ablation energy, force sensing and/or preventing bleeding. The distal open end of the laser sheath is preferably beveled with an angle up to 45 degrees. In one aspect, the introducer has a bulb-like tip, which fits against the distal end the laser sheath, yet can still be removed from the laser sheath via its proximal end. This device can be inserted over two wires simultaneously thereby allowing insertion over a wire loop configuration used to engage the apex of embedded IVC filters.