Precision Care in Women's Health: The IR Advantage

Interventional Radiology is playing an increasingly pivotal role in women's health by offering minimally invasive treatments for conditions that traditionally required surgery. These procedures often avoid the need for hospitalisation or general anaesthesia, allowing patients to resume normal activities with minimal recovery time.

In this session, Dr Dale Creamer showcases key interventions such as endometrial ablation and uterine fibroid embolisation, highlighting how image-guided procedures expand treatment options for women. He also addresses the vital role of IR in managing postpartum haemorrhage, demonstrating how minimally invasive techniques can deliver rapid, life-saving interventions with improved fertility preservation and quality of life.

• Understand how endometrial ablation and uterine fibroid embolisation provide effective, uterus-preserving options for abnormal uterine bleeding and fibroids, reducing the need for hysterectomy.
• Explore the critical role of Interventional Radiology in controlling severe postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), offering rapid, effective solutions that avoid major surgery.
• Examine how IR procedures shorten recovery times, reduce hospital stays, and preserve fertility, with significant benefits for women's overall wellbeing.
• Gain practical insights into identifying appropriate candidates for IR, optimising referrals, and integrating IR into multidisciplinary women's healthcare.