Pediatric Interventional Radiology

Our services are available for children as well as female patients from our Women’s Services such as gynecology or obstetrics.

Facility

Sidra Medicine has one of the most advanced interventional radiology suites in the world, in particular for a pediatric hospital. We have a suite of multiple rooms each offering multiple imaging modalities, such as single and biplane fluoroscopy, ultrasound, computed tomography, and the region’s first Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite (IMRIS). This suite of rooms allows different practitioners to perform a series of procedures on one patient under one anesthetic, delivering comprehensive ‘one-stop’ care for patients.

Staff

Our team comprises two fellowship trained interventional radiologists, nurses, technologists, and clerical staff, plus an anesthesiology-provided sedation and general anesthetic service and Child Life to provide the best patient experience possible. We are positioned to be a leading center in the Middle East for pediatric interventional procedures.

Nursing: Abdullah Itani, Abigail Hartzog, Emily Grace Madeja, Georges Elkhoury, Leah Bernales, Chile Zamora, Jamie Cruz, Tonya Irving, Lorraine Harkness, Daniel Wielding, Rose Bacsal. 

Technologists: Nadia Apps, Nicolene Waters, Rashidah Nassiwa, Lucinda Bergins

Services offered

Biopsies

  • Bone
  • Hepatic (percutaneous and trans-jugular
  • Mediastinal masses
  • Muscle
  • Renal (percutaneous and trans-jugular)
  • Target lesions
  • Thyroid FNAs

Embolization / Embolotherapy

  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • GI bleeding
  • Post-partum hemorrhage / High risk deliveries
  • Massive hemoptysis
  • Trauma
  • Uterine fibroids
  • Vascular anomalies

Endovascular procedures

  • Angiography including neuro-angiography
  • Angioplasty
  • Foreign body retrieval
  • Inferior Vena Cava filter placement
  • Stent placement
  • Thrombolysis

ENT Interventions

  • Airway stenting (in association with Cardiac ICU)
  • Embolization of juvenile angiofibromas
  • Botox injection for sialorrhea (drooling)

Gastro-intestinal Interventions

  • Esophageal dilatations
  • Gastrostomy (G-tube) insertions (antegrade, retrograde and primary Mickey)
  • Gastrostomy (G-tube) insertions in newborns with TEF (trachea-esophageal fistula) (retrograde and primary Mickey)
  • Gastro-jejunostomy (GJ-tube) insertions – Primary and secondary
  • Jejunostomy (J-tube) insertions – Primary

Genito-urinary interventions

  • Prostate embolization
  • Uterine fibroid embolization

Hepato-biliary Interventions

  • Biliary dilatation
  • Biliary drainage (internal / external / combined)
  • Biliary stenting
  • BRTO (Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration) of gastric varices
  • Cholangiographies
  • Cholecystostomies
  • Liver biopsies (Percutaneous and trans-jugular)
  • TIPSS (Trans-jugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)
  • High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

Image guided aspiration / drainage

  • Abscess / empyema
  • Cholecystostomy
  • Paracentesis
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Thoracentesis

Musculoskeletal Interventions

  • Bone biopsies
  • Botox injections for muscle spasticity
  • Joint injections
  • Spine
  • Tendon sheath injections

Neonatal Interventions

  • Esophageal dilatations
  • Gastrostomy (G-tube) insertions (antegrade, retrograde and primary Mickey)
  • Gastrostomy (G-tube) insertions in newborns with TEF (trachea-esophageal fistula) (retrograde and primary Mickey)
  • Gastro-jejunostomy (GJ-tube) insertions
  • Management of congenital vascular anomalies
  • Vascular access

Oncology Interventions

  • Chemoembolization
  • Cosmetic port insertions (without a neck incision) – Single incision port
  • Osteoid Osteoma Ablation
  • Port insertions (with neck and chest incisions)
  • Tumor ablation – RFA (Radiofrequency ablation)

Transplant Interventions

  • Liver transplant interventions
  • Renal transplant interventions

Urology Interventions

  • Antegrade ureteric stenting
  • Embolization of vascular tumors
  • Percutaneous nephrostomy
  • PCNL access for stone management
  • Varicocele embolization

Vascular access

  • Central Venous Line (CVL) insertion
  • CVL stripping / repositioning
  • Hemodialysis catheter insertion
  • PICC insertion
  • Port insertion

Vascular anomalies treatment

  • Arterio-venous malformations
  • Lymphatic malformations
  • Sclerotherapy
  • Varicose veins
  • Vascular tumors
  • Venous malformation