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First theatre with near infrared imaging technology launched in UK

A new £1 million theatre install at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the UK to include near infrared imaging technology.

 

A new £1 million theatre install at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the UK to include near infrared imaging technology.

The ‘Colin George Laparoscopic Theatre’ was welcomed by members of the Southend Hospital Charitable Foundation who raised £500,000 for purchase of the theatre’s new equipment through the €˜Keyhole Cancer Appeal’.  The hospital invested in the new surgical platform by Olympus, VISERA ELITE II, a compact all-in-one system, reducing the number of devices required in the theatre, which can be used for 2D and 3D HD imaging. It also offers different observation possibilities including near infrared (NIR) imaging and Narrow Band Imaging (NBI). Both NIR and NBI can help to improve patient outcome during diagnostics or surgery. Mr Mike Dworkin, Consultant Surgeon at Southend University Hospital Trust, said: “So far we have used the theatre for cancer, ulcerative colitis, crohn’s, diverticular operations and radical prostate surgery. Many of these patients would have previously had to have €˜open’ surgery’ which would have meant longer hospital stays and recovery times, and greater post-operative pain and scarring. “The great news for patients is we have now got faster set up times for surgery and quicker change over between cases and have the equipment to carry out on table colonoscopy, which will make cancer surgery more accurate.”

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