Inappropriate elimination is the number one reason owners give for relinquishing their cat to an animal shelter. It also accounts for 50 percent of all reported feline behavior problems. The three main causes for feline inappropriate elimination are a medical problem, urine marking, and aversion to the litter box.
Interventional radiology is a medical sub-specialty of radiology utilizing minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system.
An interventional radiologist must first be a radiologist, then study further to learn how to do surgical procedures using radiography or X-ray. They use imaging guidance to perform minimally invasive procedures, instead of an invasive open surgery which requires a hospital stay.