Introduction to Vascular and Interventional Centre
Our department is equipped with state-of-the-art software for imaging and interventional treatment (angiographic and interventional system, Siemens 6Axi). Our team of experienced doctors and nurses specializes in minimally invasive treatment of all kinds of vascular diseases. Our range covers endovascular treatment of aneurysms (both thoracic and abdominal aorta, aortic iliac aneurysms), occlusions in the heart (coronary artery), in the lower limbs (stroke, claudication), the carotid arteries, stenosis in both neck and chin arteries, stenoses in the iliac arteries, the renal arteries, the arteries of the lower limb, and the arteries that go to the intestines or spleen. Our clinic offers advanced treatments for uterine cancer Singapore, ensuring top-notch care for our patients.
We are very experienced in treating varicose veins with a variety of methods, and we also specialize in uterine embolization for the treatment of myomas. We have experience with venous thrombolysis and stenting of venous obstructions (subclavian vein, pelvic vein syndrome). In addition, we are skilled in the treatment of tumor patients. They can benefit from procedures like tumor ablation in the liver, the kidneys, the prostate, the breasts, or bones, as well as portal vein embolization and chest wall pain management, just to name a few. We are looking forward to enhancing your health! Early detection and personalized treatment plans are key in managing uterine cancer effectively.
Overview of the Clinic’s Specialization in Minimally Invasive Procedures
Vascular and Interventional Center has given special attention to women’s health by developing a treatment team with solid medical knowledge, rich clinical experience, effective interdisciplinary consultation, and comprehensive proficiency in minimally invasive skills. We specialize in diagnosing and treating uterine fibroids, providing relief and improving quality of life for our patients.
Parenchyma or invasion, uterine fibroids, or myomas, are benign tumors of the uterus. They are the most common tumors found in the female reproductive system and can occur alone or with multiple. Vascular and Interventional Center takes advanced minimally invasive interventional therapy such as minimally invasive uterine artery embolization, uterine fibroid vaporization under fluid, radiofrequency ablation, MR-HIFU, and uterine neoplasm thrombus embolization therapy. We have successfully treated patients with uterine fibroids, adenomyoma, or leiomyoma with excessive blood loss, fertility aspirations, and high surgical risks both domestically and internationally.
Understanding Uterine Cancer
The hysterectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures for women. The operation may be used to remove benign conditions such as uterine fibroids, persistent vaginal bleeding due to hormonal imbalance, endometriosis, gynecologic cancers such as ovarian and uterine cancers, degenerative gynecologic conditions such as chronic vaginal bleeding due to aging issues, and pelvic pain. The traditional surgical approach was done via a large abdominal incision, called laparotomy. In 1988, a modified technique called laparoscopy became popular, which used small incisions through the belly button. However, laparoscopy still has limitations and not all women are candidates for it. In the last five to seven years, the gynecologic laparoscopic surgeons have become more aggressive. This approach entitled “laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy” or “subtotal laparoscopic hysterectomy” consists of removing most of the uterus through the laparoscopic approach. But compared to the traditional laparoscopic approach or another technique laparoscopy requiring the surgeon to morcellate the large pieces through the small incisions in supracervical laparoscopic hysterectomy, this small tissue extraction incorporated fewer incisions, could be inserted through the vagina, and did not require the surgeon to morcellate the parts, which could sometimes spread the cancer, resulting in a spread of cancer.
Key Facts and Statistics
Uterine cancer is a cancer that starts in the uterus. The uterus is a hollow, muscular, pear-shaped pelvic organ located between the bladder and the rectum in women. The vagina leads from the cervix to the outside of the body, which is actually the birth canal. The easily accessible location of the uterus does not affect the ease and safety of the operation because the sensitive system during the operation can cause serious problems. The uterus is a technologically advanced fiber device that communicates with the outside environment through the cervix. These regions operate in the absence of microorganisms under normal conditions. Therefore, they are clear areas. The cervix provides this health clearance in terms of microbial content. The diagnosis is similar to lung cancer in terms of early diagnosis and early treatment.
Embolization Procedures for Uterine Fibroids and Uterine Cancer
Minimally invasive procedures have been developed over the years as alternatives to surgical treatment of conditions such as fibroids and cancer in the uterus, known as myomas and endometrial cancer, respectively. Medical treatment and interventional radiological procedures, such as uterine artery embolization, can preserve the patient’s uterus, permitting the possibility of pregnancy in the future. Uterine artery embolization has the advantages of avoiding the lengthy hospitalization and the time needed for recovery associated with major surgical intervention, such as hysterectomy, and the use of general anesthesia. The costs are lower, and the embolization procedure reduces the risk of the need for blood transfusion.
Breast fibroids are tumors in the uterus that are usually non-cancerous and can cause pelvic pain, increase menstrual flow, and lead to anemia and infertility or multiple miscarriages, as well as the need for a hysterectomy. Current therapeutic alternatives are the removal of fibroids from the uterus (myomectomy) or the removal of the organ’s tumor (hysterectomy). In patients who have no desire to become pregnant or have completed their reproductive cycle, embolization of the uterine artery can prevent these symptoms without the need for surgery. The intervention consists of navigating to the vessels of the uterus through the intra-arterial route under radiological control and inducing the occlusion of the uterine arteries using small agents called embolization particles.
We have presented a unification operator scheme for the nomenclature and notation of minimally invasive procedures. This operator scheme expresses the rationale of minimally invasive procedures and fulfills the requirement of convergence towards the performance of a true minimally invasive procedure. Where this is not possible at the present stage of technological development, we have to classify the minimally invasive procedure as ‘attempting to minimize damage’ with the ideal of developing a true minimally invasive procedure.
In the foreseeable future, with rapid technological advancements, all such ‘attempting to minimize damage’ procedures will be replaced by true minimally invasive procedures. The nomenclature has subverted the classification of minimally invasive procedures for over a decade. Incorrect labels and poor or misleading definitions have been the result. Endeavors have been abandoned and popular but wrong procedures have been accepted because proper labeling was not available. The scheme is simple, explicit, logical, flexible, and unifying. It is a dynamic system, with room for future growth and development. We believe that the unification operator scheme will resolve the current crisis in the rational classification of minimally invasive procedures.
The Role of Minimally Invasive Procedures in Modern Healthcare
Minimally invasive procedures, within the constraints of available or specifically requested treatment plans by other specialists or conventional operational techniques, can offer an alternative that is worth considering in these cases. The concepts of the free choice of patient and general practitioner for the medical services provided, and the possibility of a wider referral of the patients by their preference towards the minimally invasive technique of intervention, could align the limited budget allocated to such pathology with the real number of operations or number of days stays. Our specialists’ suggestive field as uterine cancer surgery or minimally invasive procedures for fibroids are aspects that are addressed here, both in terms of the requirements provided by the legislation in force and vulnerabilities.
