Lutheran Medical Center’s Radiology Department announced the installation of the latest GE Innova 4100 system in its Interventional Radiology Department at a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. City Councilwoman Sara M. González attended the ceremony; the councilwoman secured $1.2 million for the new technology.
Today many conditions that once required surgery can be treated nonsurgically. With the arrival of the Innova, Lutheran Medical Center has increased the scope of its interventional radiology services. Using tiny catheters and miniature instruments Lutheran’s radiologists can enter through a person’s network of arteries to treat many illnesses internally, saving the patient from open invasive surgery.
Lutheran’s new interventional radiology services include: chemoembolization, a cutting edge cancer treatment which delivers a very high concentration of chemotherapy directly into a tumor; uterine fibroid embolization, a treatment which stops the growth of fibroid tumors; and radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive surgery that destroys cancer tumors, most often in the liver, with high intensity heat.
The Society of Interventional Radiology cites several benefits of interventional radiology procedures compared to traditional surgeries including reduced risk, less pain, shorter patient recovery times and lower procedure expense. As the number of procedures being performed by interventional radiologists in the U.S. grows, Lutheran continues to meet the needs of its community.
The GE (GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company) Innova 4100 is expected to help Lutheran Medical Center physicians treat a wide variety of medical disorders including peripheral vascular, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, uterine fibroids, and other conditions, without major surgery.
To schedule outpatient consultations and procedures, including pre-testing, call 718-630-7408
Source: Lutheran Healthcare
