Interventional superintendent radiographer Andy Macey with the new robotic arm from Siemens Healthineers.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust says it is the first hospital in the UK to have the new Siemens Healthineers Artis pheno hybrid theatre installed.
Several specialities use the theatre, with a core group of six radiographers operating the equipment. Interventional superintendent radiographer Andy Macey is excited about the future possibilities for the theatre: “The speed, flexibility and software incorporated into the new system will allow us to improve patient safety, improve patient satisfaction and, most importantly, improve patient outcomes. At present we have a very diverse workload that is different every day and includes percutaneous nephrolithotomy, complex vascular surgery, fenestrated endovascular aortic repair (FEVAR) and EVAR, transcatheter aortic valve implantation and thoracic surgery, all of which use the equipment in a different way.”
See the full report on page 6 of the March 2018 issue of RAD Magazine.