Northern Health's upgraded fluoroscopy suite in Prince George reduces the need for many surgeries
New medical imaging equipment at UHNBC in Prince George allows doctors to peer beneath the skin and track real-time movements in the body to pinpoint obstructions and insert medical devices, resulting in less invasive procedures.
Johnston was Canada’s second certified radiology nurse when she returned to Prince George to work at UHNBC 31 years ago and the diagnostic equipment and interventional procedures available then, such as an angiogram, were primitive by comparison. “There are many procedures we can do that do not require surgery,” said Dr. Roshni Patel, a UHNBC interventional radiologist. “Patients come in and have a procedure done through a little hole in their femoral artery and we can put in stents that may mitigate the need to have open surgery to fix blood vessels in the abdomen or legs. The patients go home four hours later and they’re up and walking the next day.
Opened in December, the interventional radiology/fluoroscopy suite at UHNBC allows doctors to precisely insert wire catheters to open blocked fallopian tubes in a procedure called recanalization. Prior to the new imaging equipment coming to Prince George a year ago, that required a trip to a Vancouver hospital.
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