Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust officially opens groundbreaking Interventional Radiology Suite
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust officially opened its new Interventional Radiology Suite. Patients in Buckinghamshire will now be uniquely placed to benefit from the very specialist procedures it enables, as this is one of only two such radiology suites in the country.
The specialist equipment in the suite allows the team not only to take images for diagnosis, but to function as part of a variety of treatments, as well as to enable certain surgeries that would be impossible otherwise. A unique robot enables the equipment to be manoeuvred around the examination table, which offers radiologists and surgeons maximum flexibility in working around the patient.
In addition to performing all interventional procedures, the suite can also take CT scans providing the volume of information needed to perform needle-guidance procedures such as Vertebroplasty (a procedure that allows a doctor to inject liquid bone cement material, through a needle, into the vertebrae to prevent the spine from collapsing) and even safer and more targeted embolization procedures (used to block blood vessels to treat tumour, uterine fibroid, benign prostate enlargement and bleeding).
Trust Chief Operating Officer, Raghuv Bhasin, said: “Thanks to the incredible work of our radiology team in getting the suite up and running, residents in Buckinghamshire will be benefitting from the range of specialist and groundbreaking procedures it enables for many years to come. We are also very proud to be one of GE’s show sites; that people will be coming here from all over the country to see our radiology department and learn about how we use this equipment to provide our patients with the best care possible.”
Peter Berry, IGT Modality Manager at GE, said: “The introduction of GE Healthcare’s Allia 740 system represents a significant advancement in Stoke Mandeville’s Hospitals ability to deliver cutting-edge interventional radiology services. This state-of-the-art technology will enable the clinical team to perform complex procedures with unprecedented precision, ultimately enhancing patient care and outcomes. It is our pleasure to be partnering with the Hospital.’