Treatments
Use the options below to explore potential treatments for your medical needs.
Types of treatment or procedure:
- Arms, Elbows and Shoulders
- Back and neck
- Bladder
- Bowel
- Cosmetic and reconstructive
- Dermatology
- Ear, nose and throat
- Eyes
- Fertility
- Foot and ankle
- Gender affirmation
- Hands and Wrists
- Head and Neck
- Heart
- Hips
- Knees
- Legs and Buttocks
- Men's health
- Oncology
- Other Treatments and Medicine
- Stomach
- Weight loss
- Women's health
Angioplasty
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) - often abbreviated to angioplasty - is a procedure to re-open a narrowed heart artery by inflating a tiny balloon in the narrowed segments.
Cardiac catheterisation (coronary angiogram)
Cardiac catheterisation involves inserting a very thin tube into the right side of your heart.
Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or PCI)
Coronary angioplasty (or PCI) is a procedure to re-open a narrowed heart artery by inflating a tiny balloon in the narrowed segments.
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronisation therapy
If you have had heart failure in the past or if you are at risk of heart failure your surgeon may recommend an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Pacemakers
A pacemaker is a special device that treats an irregular or slow heart rhythm.
Peripheral arterial stenting
Peripheral arterial stenting uses a stent to widen an artery.
Peripheral nerve surgery
Unlike your central nervous system, your peripheral nervous system is not protected by bone leaving it exposed to injury or toxins (poisons).