thousand cases with interventional radiology
The Head of the Interventional Radiology Unit, the consultant Dr. Assem Bakry, in King Fahd Central Hospital in Najran, revealed the treatment and diagnosis of 960 patients, through interventional radiology, during the first half of this year.
Dr. Bakri said that interventional radiology operations are less harmful and safer to the patient''s life, and less in terms of risks and medical complications. Therefore, it requires a very short recovery period and most of these procedures are performed under local anesthetic. Which is suitable for many patients, especially the elderly, who have other health problems.
He added that interventional radiology operations are modern and accurate medical treatment procedures and procedures that are carried out by directing medical imaging methods, such as x-rays or ultrasound, and that most of these operations are done through small openings in the body that do not exceed 3 mm, where the physician can treat the field Interventional radiology, through the use of accurate medical equipment "such as medical catheters" that are seen inside the body and directed using different radiography methods Until you reach the place of the pathological problem and its treatment without resorting to the surgical incision.
