Nîmes University Hospital — Carémeau

Treating without incision, guided by imaging.

Interventional radiology treats disease through minimally invasive procedures guided by CT, ultrasound or angiography — most of them as day cases, without a scar and with a rapid recovery.

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Procedures offered

Dedicated rooms

Radiologists

24/7

Emergency cover

The speciality

A minimally invasive alternative to surgery

Rather than opening the body, the interventional radiologist travels inside it through fine needles or catheters, watching their progress on imaging in real time. Embolisation, tumour ablation, drainage, pain management: more than 89 different procedures are performed here, from life-threatening emergencies to planned day-case treatments.

The department has a complete technical platform, available around the clock, and works closely with every specialty of the hospital: each indication is discussed so that the most appropriate and least invasive treatment can be offered.

Technical platform

Four state-of-the-art interventional suites

An interventional procedure under way in the CT room

Interventional CT

Dedicated Philips CT scanner

A CT room reserved for musculoskeletal interventional radiology: injections and CT-guided procedures.

RXI 3 & 4

Philips Azurion

Two single-plane angiography rooms dedicated to vascular access (PICC lines, midlines) and procedures under local anaesthesia.

RXI 5

4D-CT Canon Alphenix

A hybrid room combining a 160-slice CT scanner with an angiography C-arm: ablations and embolisations guided without moving the patient.

Panoramic view of one of the department’s angiography rooms

RXI 6

Philips Azurion UHD

A wide-field, ultra-high-definition single-plane room with rotational 3D imaging and low-dose navigation, for peripheral vascular work and embolisations.

Your pathway

A day unit designed for same-day care

Most of our procedures take place in the day unit: you are welcomed in the morning in your own bay, the procedure follows shortly afterwards, and you go home the same day after a short period of monitoring.

Reception area of the radiology day unit

Step 1

Consultation

You meet the interventional radiologist: why the procedure is proposed, how it works, and answers to your questions.

Step 2

Procedure

A minimally invasive, image-guided procedure, usually under local anaesthesia, as a day case.

Step 3

Going home

A short period of monitoring, then home the same day for most procedures, with written instructions and follow-up arranged.

Fasting, blood thinners, bringing someone with you… see our practical information →

Behind the scenes

The department in pictures

Patient information

Has a procedure been suggested to you?

Every procedure has its own plain-language information sheet: how it works, how to prepare, what follows. And the secretariat will answer any question.

View the information sheets ☎ 04 66 68 33 10