New endoscopic POEM technique at the British Hospital

For the first time at the British Hospital, a new endoscopic technique was performed: POEM   The endoscopic technique called POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy) is a new minimally invasive technique developed to treat achalasia, a chronic disease that affects the function of the muscle of...

Birth Rooms

More than 20 years ago the British Hospital set a historic precedent regarding the conception of childbirth, birth and the care of the couple and the family led by Dr. Juan Carlos Scasso.   Today we mark another milestone by inaugurating new Birth Rooms that higligth our philosophy of...

New technology to prevent hair loss in cancer patients

British Hospital has incorporated equipment to prevent hair loss in breast cancer patients: Neocaps Cold Helmets. The Oncology Department of the British Hospital has incorporated the necessary equipment to make available to breast cancer patients the possibility of using “cold...

State-of-the-art equipment for Cardiac Surgery

The British Hospital continues to incorporate cutting-edge technology and on this occasion we refer to new Cardiac Surgery equipment, of which we highlight a Stöcker 55 Extracorporeal Circulation Pump and the Medistim MiraQ Cardiac Flowmeter System.   The Stöcker 55...

New Cryopreservation System with Programmed Descent

In its commitment to excellence the British Hospital constantly incorporates top-level technologies, in this case the new Cryopreservation System with Programmed Descent.   To understand the usefulness of this technology we must understand the objective of cryopreservation, which is...

Top-level technological equipment in Hemotherapy

Following the digital transformation process that the Hospital has been going through we acquired new top-level technologies that equate us to world-class centers.   A new TRIMA V7.0.1 Apheresis System was incorporated into the Hemotherapy sector, which is a piece of equipment developed...

Prevention of ovarian cancer in patients with hereditary risk

From the 1st of June the British Hospital received the corresponding authorizations through the Oncological Gynecology team of the Gynecology Department to become a reference center in Uruguay to carry out the international collaborative clinical research protocol TUBA WISP II. This...

Advanced technology in the Department of Imaging

The Hospital has been going through a deep process of digital transformation, acquiring the last technology in comparison to world reference centers in all its diagnostic areas. The year began with a new milestone in the commitment to quality and medical excellence in the Imaging...