- Interventional radiology (IR) is based on image guidance for the purpose of treating patients
- Interventional procedures often replace surgical procedures
- IR involve no large incisions, less risk, less pain with a shorter and better recovery period
- Interventional radiologists (IRs) use their expertise in reading X-rays, ultrasound and other medical images to guide small instruments such as catheters (tubes that measure just a few millimeters in diameter) through the blood vessels or other pathways to treat many diseases percutaneously (through the skin)
- These procedures are typically much less invasive and much cheaper than traditional surgery
- Advantages to patients include less risk, less pain and shorter recovery times
- General naesthesia is usually avoided
- Most procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis or require only a short In Hospital stay
- The entire team is highly qualified and dedicated to all patients coming out from all the Caribbean
- Procedures include Emergency and Regular Procedures
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