Interventional Radiology
Interventional Radiology comprises techniques which allow minimally-invasive procedures to be performed inside a patient under imaging guidance, thus enabling a procedure to be carried out inside the patient while directing and observing the procedure from the outside using ultrasound, x-ray or other medical imaging techniques. The procedure is typically performed through a 2-5mm incision.
Our services are available for children as well as female patients from our Women’s Services such as gynecology or obstetrics.
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We at Sidra Medicine strive to use the safest, least invasive procedures possible. This is why we have equipped our facility with interventional radiology.
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
- Bone
- Hepatic (percutaneous and trans-jugular
- Mediastinal masses
- Muscle
- Renal (percutaneous and trans-jugular)
- Target lesions
- Thyroid FNAs
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- GI bleeding
- Post-partum hemorrhage / High risk deliveries
- Massive hemoptysis
- Trauma
- Uterine fibroids
- Vascular anomalies
- Angiography including neuro-angiography
- Angioplasty
- Foreign body retrieval
- Inferior Vena Cava filter placement
- Stent placement
- Thrombolysis
- Airway stenting (in association with Cardiac ICU)
- Embolization of juvenile angiofibromas
- Botox injection for sialorrhea (drooling)
- 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
- Prostate embolization
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- 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)
- Abscess / empyema
- Cholecystostomy
- Paracentesis
- Pericardiocentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Bone biopsies
- Botox injections for muscle spasticity
- Joint injections
- Spine
- Tendon sheath injections
- 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
- 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)
- Liver transplant interventions
- Renal transplant interventions
- Antegrade ureteric stenting
- Embolization of vascular tumors
- Percutaneous nephrostomy
- PCNL access for stone management
- Varicocele embolization
- Central Venous Line (CVL) insertion
- CVL stripping / repositioning
- Hemodialysis catheter insertion
- PICC insertion
- Port insertion
- Arterio-venous malformations
- Lymphatic malformations
- Sclerotherapy
- Varicose veins
- Vascular tumors
- Venous malformation
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