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New Technology at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, $2.75 Million Investment Dec 15, 2020 at 09:50 am by WGNS Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has announced the installation of one of its latest technological advancements, the Siemens Artis Q biplane angiography system. The culmination of this project represents a $2.75 million investment by the hospital. Housed in a newly constructed suite in the radiology department, this advanced interventional imaging system combines high performance and positioning flexibility to generate optimized views of even the smallest ve...

Of glue and the purpose is to try and stop the blood vessels from traveling to that abnormality. whatever it was that they were treating in the kidney. stop the blood flow there if it was at risk of bleeding, whatever this abnormality is, it can decrease that risk as well. it's worth pointing out this is typically a type of procedure, anderson, not performed in an operating room, but usually by an interventional radiologist in a radiology suite typically. it's something that's done in a sta sterile way, why you have the scrubs and everyone wearing sterile gowns. it's an intradiology procedure....

Whatever it was that they were treating in the kidney. stop the blood flow there if it was at risk of bleeding, whatever this abnormality is, it can decrease that risk as well. it's worth pointing out this is typically a type of procedure, anderson, not performed in an operating room, but usually by an interventional radiologist in a radiology suite typically. it's something that's done in a sterile way, why you have the scrubs and everyone wearing sterile gowns. it's an radiology procedure. >> the statement from the first lady's communications director said it was done to treat a benign kidne...

So there is no more blood flow getting to that abnormality in the kidney. if you stop the blood flow to it it can't grow any more, it starts to shrink. it also can't bleed any more. if this was an abnormality in the kidney, for example, they thought was at risk for bleeding, this is one way to treat it. this type of procedure, incidentally, don, is done by a radiologist, interventional radiologist, not something done by a surgeon typically because it does involve the catheters and the glue. that's what an embolization is. >> embolization for a benign condition. what about, sanjay, the first la...

>> great to be here. renal artery embolization is what the first lady had which is a nonsurgical minimally invasive procedure performed by a radiologist, interventional radiologist, it can be used for cancer, traumatic injuries, this was a planned event for something benign. that means there was a benign mass on the kidney, she potentially could have an abnormal vessel or aneurysm. >> anything she's experiencing? >> may have had back pain, particularly blood in the urine. hard to say without the facts. likely nothing serious. what happens is something reaches a certain size, to prevent potenti...