Minimally Invasive Intervention

Today experts across a range of fields use catheters, guidewires, cameras, real time X-ray, and tiny tools inserted through small incisions to treat cancer, stroke, heart attacks, organ failure, arterial and renal disease, traumatic injury, gynecological conditions, and more.

These minimally invasive interventions allow patients to benefit from less pain, lower doses of anesthesia, reduced risk of infection and shorter hospital stays – critically important for the more than 60,000 seniors in our community, many of whom are too frail or unwell to tolerate open surgery.

Already a leader among Ontario’s community hospitals in delivering a wide range of minimally invasive services, PRHC continues to revolutionize its programs to better meet the needs of our growing and aging community. The Health Centre will continue to expand the boundaries of care to offer even more patients rapid, limb- and lifesaving care close to home.

Donor investments in minimally invasive interventions such as the expansion and upgrade of PRHC’s Interventional Radiology Suites, advanced minimally invasive surgical tools, and construction of a dedicated new hybrid Operating Room are helping speed identification and treatment of disease, shorten wait times and hospital stays, and reduce pain by providing faster, safer, more precise and less invasive options to more patients, including those with cancer and those experiencing acute stroke.