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Key things to consider before performing any complex surgery

 

The surgeon

The surgeon experience in the specific specialization of surgery, add to keeping pace with the globally latest surgical procedures

The blood bank

The presence of a blood bank in the hospital, for it is a guarantee to encounter any emergency during surgery

Anesthesiologist

The experience and qualification of the anesthesiologist, for its role is essential and extremely important

Infection rate

The rate of infection and inflammations in the hospital after performing surgeries

Advanced ICU

The presence of an advanced intensive care department (ICU) in hospital with modern equipment and high medical expertise

Advanced radiology and laboratory

The availability of a distinguished laboratory with the latest equipment, and advanced radiology department with the latest radiology equipment worldwide.

Succeeding in the most complex surgeries requires an integrated high caliber support team

Intensive care unit

Intensive Care Unit

  • One of the best ratio’s for patients whether it be for best nursing care ratio, best respiratory therapy ratio or best doctor to patient ratio
  • Most advanced ventilator available on the market
  • Temporary Kidney Dialysis machine
  • ECMO *Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, a service not offered at any private hospital except IMC
  • Advanced beds that prevent bed sores
  • ICU dedicated dietician, clinical pharmacist, and physiotherapist for each patient, service not offered at any other private hospital except IMC
  • A dedicated social worker to communicate with the patient’s families on daily basis
Laboratory

Laboratory

  • Works in coordination with internationally renowned labs such as Mayo Clinic Laboratories US, Unilabs Europe, Bioscientia Germany, NRL Dubai, Perkins Elmers US, Centogene Germany, and Cerba France.
  • Adheres to strict quality control and monitoring.
  • Provides a multitude of tests from cardiac markers, to thyroid diseases, to specialized tests such as hemoglobin and protein electrophoresis.
Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology

Compared to other Anesthesiology Departments in the Private Sector, the Anesthesiology Department at IMC pioneer in the following area:

  • Consultant or at least a Senior Registrar for every operating room, to care for patients planned for various surgical interventions.
  • Availability of Canadian Board Qualified Consultants with Sub-Specialties.
  • Use of up to date Technology and equipments for various Anesthetic Procedures and Intervention.
  • Apply Evidence Base in Management of Various High risk Surgical or non-surgical Interventions for Anesthetic management, being an accredited academic center by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties in training Saudi Board Physicians.
  • Availability of an Advanced Modality for Acute pain management provided by Acute Pain Service upon patient assessment and patient request to receive this extra service.
Blood Bank

Blood Bank

  • Guarantees adequate supply of blood for all surgeries in the most elective Surgeries without the need of voluntary blood donation from the patient’s family.
  • Ensures safety and quality of blood through adherence of quality standards set by MOH, SFDA, CBAHI, AABB, CAP, and JCIA regulations.
  • Blood donations collected are leukoreduced blood and components, which makes all blood products 99.999% safe for blood utilization for needed patients.
Clean Room Technology

Clean Room Technology

  • Using clean room technology (ISO 14644-1), which controls bacteria, electrical discharge, gas contamination, and airflow patterns in order to prevent infection
  • Applying the Isolation Room Methodology (National & international standard for infection control)
  • Environmentally friendly fumigation technology for reduce hospital Acquired infection (HAI) and occupational safety

  • Temperature and humidity Monitoring system

Radiology

We have the most advanced technologies:

  • 3-T MR wide bore magnet (lower risk of claustrophobia)
  • PET CT service
  • 3-D synthetic mammography
  • 3-D automated whole breast ultrasound

Cardiothoracic Imaging

  • Cardiac CT and MRI

Neuroradiology-neurointerventional service Imaging

  • CT and MR perfusion imaging
  • Neuro-interventional team for management of stroke
  • Carotid stenting
  • CSF studies

Interventional Radiology

  • Lower limbs angiography
  • Lower limbs stenting
  • Indwelling catheter insertion

Musculoskeletal Imaging

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic intraarticular injection
  • Barbotage for calcific tendonitis
  • Bone biopsies

Ultrasound service

  • Trans-cranial-Doppler ultrasound for SCD patients
  • All neonatal ultrasound examination including spinal cord, hip ultrasound
  • MSK ultrasound exams including shoulder, elbow and wrist
 

We are Experts in:

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • Interventional procedures
  • Endoscopic radial artery and saphenous vein harvesting procedure for coronary artery bypass grafting
  • Use of Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement in a regular basis
  • Minimally invasive Valve repair/replacement

Complex Surgeries:

  • Redo cases for CABG and Valve Replacement
  • Ascending Aorta Aneurism
  • Emergency Cardiac Surgeries

Supportive Services:

  • State of the art operating room using clean room technology which controls bacteria, electrical discharge, gas contamination, and airflow patterns in order to reduce infections
  • Complete lab and a blood bank that guarantees availability of every surgery
  • Excellent post-operative care and ICUs with room fumigation technology to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAIs)

We are Experts in:

  • Spine surgeries
  • Joint replacement surgery
  • Sports medicine surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Foot and ankle surgery
  • Joint Regenerative treatment
  • Pediatric orthopedic surgery

Complex Surgeries:

  • Complex degenerative spine diseases
  • Complex deformity corrections
  • Complex spine trauma
  • Complex joint preservation surgical procedures - including meniscal transplant, cartilage reconstruction, osteotomies for deformity correction
  • Complex rotator cuff repairs
  • Complex patella stabilization procedures

Supportive Services:

  • Intra-operative nerve monitoring for complex spine cases
  • State of art operating room using clean room technology which controls bacteria, electrical discharge, gas contamination and air flow patterns in order to reduce infection
  • Complete lab and blood bank that guarantees availability of every surgery

We are Experts in:

  • Brain tumor surgeries
  • Epilepsy
  • Spinal problems
  • Chronic pain
  • Disc disease
  • Pediatric patients with congenital abnormalities
  • Treating brain vascular disease and hemorrhage via multidisciplinary approach including best endovascular team

Complex Surgeries:

  • SPINE Treating disc disease by: Minimally invasive procedure
  • Endoscopic brain surgery
  • Complicated failed back surgery/redo surgery
  • Spinal cord stimulator implants
  • Morphine pump implants
  • Vagal nerve implant

Supportive Services:

  • Having one of best microscopes in the private hospitals to perform the surgery.
  • Have a multidisciplinary approach to treat brain tumor through board members from all specialty.
  • State of art operating room using clean room technology which controls bacteria, electrical discharge, gas contamination and air flow patterns in order to reduce infection.
  • Complete lab and blood bank that guarantees the availability of blood in every surgery.

We are Experts in:

  • Urinary Bladder Substitution
  • Complex Laparoscopic Surgeries
  • Prostate Surgeries
  • Reconstructive Bladder Surgeries in pediatric
  • Genital Reconstructions.
  • Renal Calculi treatment with shockwaves or endourology therapies
  • Management of erectile dysfunction

Complex Surgeries:

  • Bladder reconstruction post cystectomy for malignant disease or bladder neurological disorders
  • Microscopic sperm retrieval
  • Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy in Staghorn Complex Stones

Supportive Services:

  • Having the newest technique of prostate surgery called Urolift
  • One of the first private hospitals performs Rezum, a minimally invasive procedure that uses steam to shrink an enlarged prostate.
  • State of the art operating room using clean room technology which controls bacteria, electrical discharge, gas contamination, and airflow patterns in order to reduce infections
  • Complete lab and a blood bank that guarantees availability of every surgery
  • Excellent post-operative care and ICUs with room fumigation technology to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAIs)