Feature | Mobile C-Arms | September 21, 2011 | Dave Fornell

The space needed and costs involved to create a hybrid operating room (OR) for a specific speciality may not be feasible, especially at mid-sized hospitals. This was the case at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., where the facility wanted to increase procedural volume, but needed to upgrade its operating rooms. Joe Coatti, M.D., FACS, senior vascular surgeon, said the hospital had to contend with small rooms and low ceilings while balancing the needs of several specialties that planned to use a hybrid room for vascular, endovascular, laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures. In addition, he said procedures could be fatiguing due to the use of a fixed table requiring a lot of maneuvering of the C-arm. The location of fixed position monitors also caused difficulty in seeing small details over a distance.

Coatti said surgical cut-downs are sometimes needed for endovascular work, due to the 19-21 French-sized devices involved. So an operating room was needed instead of a cath lab. He previously used an older OEC 9800 C-arm system to perform endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs, but when he began performing occlusive vascular procedures, he needed a better angiographic imaging system. The hospital evaluated other systems, but decided on a GE OEC 9900 mobile C-arm, which can be moved out of the way to make room for laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures.

“To dump a million bucks into a system for me just to do vascular work was not very palatable. But, with this system, different specialties can perform other procedures,” Coatti said.

The hospital had to upgrade its ORs using existing space, and at the time had small, 400-square-foot ORs. Coatti said a nurses’ lounge was moved to enable a build-out of three 600-square-foot ORs. The hybrid OR uses a floating Steris table, which allows greater freedom in patient positioning, rather that repositioning the C-arm. To contend with the lower ceiling height, the hospital installed a Nu Boom ceiling-mount system to suspend numerous monitors and other equipment. The booms allow equipment not in use to be swung out of the way to create more space. It also allows monitors to be positioned anywhere around the patient table.

“I can bring the monitor right in front of me for really good visualization of the procedures,” Coatti said.

 

Related Articles on Mobile C-arm Technology Trends

Mobile C-arms Enhancing Flexibility

Mobile C-arms Keep Moving Forward

Mobile C-arms Going Digital

Analog in the Rearview Mirror

Trends in Mobile C-Arms

New C-Arm Meets Medical Center’s Needs for Imaging Quality, Lower Dose

Mobile C-Arm Market Trends

Advances in Mobile C-Arms


Related Content

News | Mobile C-Arms

May 4, 2023 —Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced the launch of Philips Image Guided Therapy ...

Time May 04, 2023
arrow
News | Mobile C-Arms

September 8, 2022 — Turner Imaging Systems, a leader in advanced X-ray imaging technologies, has partnered with Med One ...

Time September 08, 2022
arrow
Feature | Radiology Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Here is a rundown of what you and your colleagues found to be most interesting in the field of medical imaging during ...

Time September 07, 2022
arrow
Feature | AHRA | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

The Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) celebrated its 50th anniversary July 10-13, 2022, in Phoenix. To ...

Time July 25, 2022
arrow
Feature | Mobile C-Arms | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

According to Grand View Research, the global fixed and mobile C-arms market size was valued at just over $2 billion in ...

Time July 07, 2022
arrow
News | Interventional Radiology

June 13, 2022 — As demand for minimally invasive surgery continues to grow, GE Healthcare is committed to helping ...

Time June 13, 2022
arrow
Feature | Digital Radiography (DR) | By ResearchAndMarkets

The "Mobile Imaging Services - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

Time June 09, 2022
arrow
News | Mobile C-Arms

April 18, 2022 — The Smart-C, by Turner Imaging Systems, has received the 2022 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) ...

Time April 18, 2022
arrow
News | Mobile C-Arms

January 18, 2022 – Philips Healthcare announced physicians will now have access to advanced new 3D image guidance ...

Time January 18, 2022
arrow
News | X-Ray

November 19, 2021 — Carestream Health will showcase its innovations in mobile medical imaging with the Ziehm Vision RFD ...

Time November 19, 2021
arrow
Subscribe Now