Efforts and achievements in the field of public health / Al Ain Hospital saves 70 feet of diabetic p

Al Ain Hospital saved 70 feet of diabetic patients from amputation, whose owners were suffering from “gangrene”, by using a modern medical technique that relies on dilating the artery without surgical intervention, incisions, stitches or anesthesia.

The treatment process for injured patients is carried out through the interventional radiological procedure through a small hole that does not exceed the tip of the pen, through which a catheter, balloon or radiotherapy is inserted into the affected area, with the aim of taking a sample or performing a local treatment.

Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish, Head of Diagnostic Radiology and Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Al Ain Hospital, said: “Interventional radiology, which has treated more than 700 patients suffering from various diseases at Al Ain Hospital, diagnoses and treats diseases without incisions, stitches or general anesthesia.

Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish pointed out that this success is a great example of the impressive results that Al Ain Hospital is making in order to raise the level of treatment and health care services, which it provides to more than 470,000 patients annually

The Diagnostic Radiology Department had won the Gold Award at the 2012 Arab Health Exhibition as the best interventional radiology department in the Middle East region.

Interventional radiotherapy is used in one-day operations, where the patient is admitted to the hospital in the morning, and after 6 hours the patient goes home, and after that he can go about his daily life within three days, noting that most of the interventional radiology operations are performed under local anesthesia and without large incisions

Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish, Head of the Diagnostic Radiology Department and Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Al Ain Hospital, pointed out that interventional radiology is a therapeutic and diagnostic method that has been introduced in all medical branches. Like the hair loss that occurs with intravenous chemotherapy, this treatment has wide application in the field of liver disease.

In the field of gynecology, arterial closure therapy is used in the treatment of uterine fibroids and postpartum haemorrhage.

Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish added: “Interventional radiology is used to treat the arteries of the body, such as the arteries of the kidney, brain and lower extremities, and this use is especially important in treating diabetic foot patients to avoid reaching the stage of “gangrene” and amputation of the limbs. During the last period, we were able to treat more than 70 Patients suffer from arterial blockage due to diabetes. Interventional radiology is also used to treat severe bleeding, especially accident patients, patients with gastrointestinal and respiratory bleeding and nosebleeds.

Dr. Jamal Al-Qutaish, Head of Diagnostic Radiology and Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Al Ain Hospital explained that interventional radiology is used to treat cases of chronic back and joint pain, and there is an important use for it in the areas of infertility and sexual weakness in men, where it is also used in the treatment of varicocele.