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Our role Anaesthesiology is a transverse medical discipline with the mission of ensuring that all patients receiving a diagnosis or treatment (endoscopy, interventional procedure, surgery) are cared for in strict accordance with national and international safety criteria. Image Image We have an arsenal of techniques and medicines that enable us to ensure the comfort of patients  by adapting to what is ideally suited to each individual according to their personal characteristics and wishes. Professor Tuna Turgay Director of the H.U.B’s Interhospital Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Relief Our specialities The H.U.B’s Interhospital Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Relief is active across a number of clinics and sectors: The Preadmission Unit holds preoperative consultations for patients with a scheduled intervention.The Post-Operative Care Units or “ recovery rooms” welcome patients until 48 hours after their intervention. The Multidisciplinary Pain Assessment and Treatment Centre  at the Erasmus Hospital is one of Belgium’s leading clinics in treating chronic pain and recognised by the Belgian Federal Public Health Service or SPF Santé publique.. With almost 120 doctors, anaesthesiology is the H.U.B’s largest medical department. The anaesthetists are active in all the H.U.B’s institutions within the various medico-technical and/or surgical sectors: The Children’s Anaesthesia Clinic at the HUDERF,The Oncoanaesthesia Clinic at the Jules Bordet Institute,The Anaesthesia Clinic for heart, thoracic and vascular surgery, The Anaesthesia Clinic for digestive, urological, gynaecological surgery and for obstetrics, The Neuroanaesthesia and Orthopaedic-Trauma Clinic,The Endoscopy and Interventional Procedures Clinic,The Outpatient and Pain Relief Anaesthesia Clinic, at the Day Surgery Centre. Our team Image Our specialists Focus Early Recovery After Surgery(ERAS) is a specific and multidisciplinary recovery protocol applied after several types of surgical intervention with the aim of ensuring an optimal perioperative care (including pain management, nutrition, rehabilitation)  Teaching The H.U.B’s Interhospital Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Relief is renowned for its excellence of training. In addition to the obligatory certificates of their speciality, doctor anaesthetists attend, participate in and give seminars at the H.U.B as well as within national and international training programmes.  

Our role Genetics is the study of the transmission of hereditary traits. In medicine it involves sequencing, "reading" and characterising the genome, that is, the totality of a person's genetic material (chromosomes and genes).  To learn more about the Genetics Centre, click here. Image Image Image Image Our speciality is transverse and concerns all medical disciplines and all ages of life. At present, our focus is on rare diseases. But in a near future genetics will be used increasingly for more common pathologies. Pr Guillaume Smits Director of the ULB's Human Genetics Centre Our specialities The ULB's Human Genetics Centre is organised in 5 sectors: Preconception genetics aims to determine the risk of transmitting a genetic disease to descendants. In the case of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the preimplantation diagnosis makes it possible to select and implant embryos that do not carry the said disease (examples: cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, sickle cell anaemia, etc.)    Prenatal genetics makes it possible to confirm or specify certain pathologies with which a foetus is already infected. Examples: Down syndrome, malformations, intellectual deficiency, etc.  Paediatric genetics: More than 70% of rare diseases are paediatric. Genetics makes it possible to make or refine a diagnosis, to avert the development and/or complications of the disease or to propose a treatment.   Adult genetics: A growing number of medical specialities have increasing recourse to genetic tests when treating certain diseases.   Oncogenetics has two principal fields of action:  Predictive genetics aims to detect and quantify hereditary risks of cancer, in particular within the same family. Example: mutations of BRCA-1 and -2 that predispose women to breast and ovarian cancer.   Pharmacogenetics involves checking whether a patient carries a gene that would respond positively to (cancer) treatment.    Our team Image Our specialist doctors Focus The ULB's Human Genetics Centre analyses samples collected within the  CHORUS network (that brings together the hospitals of the Brussels University Hospital (HUB), the Iris network and the CHIREC group) and the Tivoli and Ambroise Paré University Hospitals with a view to genetic testing. The department cooperates with each of the 7 Belgian genetic centres for certain tests.    Research The ULB's Human Genetics Centre carries out research on what genetic testing of the future could be:  sequencing of the entire genome; methylome sequencing, which can reveal certain rare diseases;   transcriptome analysis to identify what genes use what kind of cell;   very long genome sequences to characterise complex zones and variants in the DNA.  Publications Implementation of fetal clinical exome sequencing: Comparing prospective and retrospective cohorts Authors : M. Marangoni et al.Journal : Genet Med. 2022 Feb;24(2):344-363. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.09.016. Epub 2021 Nov 30. PMID: 34906519  Toward reporting standards for the pathogenicity of variant combinations involved in multilocus/oligogenic diseases Authors : Sofia Papadimitriou et al.Journal : HGG Adv. 2022 Dec 2;4(1):100165. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100165. eCollection 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36578772  A form of muscular dystrophy associated with pathogenic variants in JAG2 Authors : Sandra Coppens et alJournal : Am J Hum Genet. 2021 May 6;108(5):840-856. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.020. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33861953  Genetic testing in autoinflammatory diseases - past, current and future perspectives Authors : Anouk Le Goueff et al.Journal : Eur J Intern Med. 2022 Dec;106:71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2022.08.020. Epub 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36153184 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2022.08.020 

Our role Medical imaging is a set of techniques that make it possible to visualise the anatomy and detect and/or characterise pathological lesions and/or monitor lesions during treatment or following surgery.    Image Image Radiologists are also increasingly specialising in therapeutic and surgical acts under radiological control. Pr Niloufar Sadeghi Meibodi Head of the Diagnostic Medical Imaging Department at the Erasmus Hospital Our specialities The Diagnostic Medical Imaging Department is organised within 5 specialised clinics that correspond to different parts of the human body:   The Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Imaging Department has recognised expertise in the diagnosis and monitoring of  brain tumours, neurological diseases such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, and neurovascular diseases of the stroke variety as well as imaging in the ENT field.  The Osteoarticular Imaging Clinic treats traumas (in athletes and high level athletes in particular) and rheumatic pathologies.   The Abdominal Imaging Clinic treats the vast field of pathologies affecting the organs of the abdominal cavity: liver, pancreas, spleen, intestines, kidneys and urinary ducts.  The Thoracic Imaging Clinic treats pathologies of the lungs, mediastinum and heart.   The Women’s Imaging Clinic screens for and monitors breast cancers and also carries out imaging of the female pelvis.   The department has a number of high tech devices :  4 MRI scanners including 2 of 3 Tesla scanners,  4 CT scanners,  6 ultrasound machines, 4 standard radiology tables and 1 digestive radiology table, 4 mobile radiology machines, 1 mammography unit and 2 ultrasounds dedicated to breast imaging.    Our team Image Our specialist doctors Image Focus The Diagnostic Medical Imaging Department at the Erasmus Hospital has recognised expertise in a number of fields and diseases and in neuro-oncology in particular. Before operating on a brain tumour, using an MRI 3 Tesla for example, so-called functional imaging and tractography (visual representation of nerve tracts) make it possible to map and thereby avoid the functional zones (motor, language, et.) during   neurosurgery.   Image Research The Diagnostic Medical Imaging Department at the Erasmus Hospital participates in many clinic studies. It cooperates, among others, with the Neurosciences Department,  the  Neurosurgery, Rheumatology and Orthopaedic Departments and the Abdominal and Thoracic Medico-Surgical Departments.  Publications BOLD fMRI and DTI fiber tracking for preoperative mapping of eloquent cerebral regions in brain tumor patients: impact on surgical approach and outcome. Authors : Lolli VE, Coolen T, Sadeghi N, Voordecker P, Lefranc F.Journal : eurol Sci. 2023 Aug;44(8):2903-2914. doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06667-2. Epub 2023 Mar 14.PMID: 36914833  Can quantified diffusion-weighted imaging predict histopathological features of liver tumors? Authors : Metens TJournal : Eur Radiol. 2023 Jun 30. doi: 10.1007/s00330-023-09791-x. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37391623 No abstract available.  Detection of cerebral hypoperfusion with a dynamic hyperoxia test using brain oxygenation pressure monitoring Authors : Gargadennec T, Ferraro G, Chapusette R, Chapalain X, Bogossian E, Van Wettere M, Peluso L, Creteur J, Huet O, Sadeghi N, Taccone FJournal : S.Crit Care. 2022 Feb 7;26(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03918-0.PMID: 35130953  Endoscopic internal drainage of complex bilomas and biliary leaks by transmural or transpapillary/transfistulary access Authors : Lorenzo D, Bromberg L, Arvanitakis M, Delhaye M, Fernandez Y Viesca M, Blero D, Pezzullo M, Racapé J, Lucidi V, Le Moine O, Devière J, Lemmers AJournal : Gastrointest Endosc. 2022 Jan;95(1):131-139.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2021.07.016. Epub 2021 Jul 24.PMID: 34310921

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Our role Interventional neuroradiology (INR) is a radiological subspeciality. INR diagnoses and treats diseases of the brain, the spinal cord and the head with access via blood vessels (endovascular route) or through direct puncture (percutaneously).  INR specialists work closely with neurologists from the Stroke Unit where their adult patients are hospitalised.    Image  "At present, we are the only fully fledged department of this kind in Belgium. Our high degree of expertise attracts patients from throughout Belgium and beyond." Our specialities The Erasmus Hospital's INR Department is active across 3 pathologies or clinics:Malformation pathologies such as brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, etc.  Thromboembolic pathologies such as ischemic stroke (caused by a blood clot), chronic subdural hematoma, cervical or intracranial artery stenosis, etc. Within the INR Neonatal and Paediatric Clinic that treats newborns showing a malformation pathology (see Focus), in cooperation with the HUDERF.  There are several INR approaches and methods. The most frequent are: Angiography that consists of introducing a catheter via the wrist artery or the femoral vein (endovascular route) into which a contrast agent is injected and a series of X-rays are then taken. The images thereby obtained make it possible to map the blood vessels and identify anomalies. Embolisation, a procedure by which a small catheter is introduced  endovascularly or percutaneously. This makes it possible to gain access to the brain damage or spinal cord and to provide treatment without recourse to more major surgery. Mechanical thrombectomy that consists of "unblocking" blood vessels by "suctioning out" the blood clot via a catheter. It is one of the treatments for an ischemic stroke. Our team Image our specialists Focus The Erasmus Hospital is home to one of the few Interventional Neuroradiology Neonatal and Paediatric Clinics in the world. Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation is the pathology most frequently treated. This is an abnormal communication between certain arteries and the vein of Galen. These malformations can cause serious cardiac problems   in utero or at birth and subsequently a risk of haemorrhages and brain developmental problems. If operated on in time, most babies can survive and develop normally.  Publications Endovascular treatment of intracranial vascular malformations in children. Auteurs : Lubicz B, Christiaens F.Journal : Dev Med Child Neurol 2020;62: 1124-1130 16 August 2023 Firs-pass Effect Predicts Clinical Outcome and Infarct Growth after Thrombectomy for DMVO Auteurs : Farouki Y, et alJournal : Neurosurgery 2022 16 August 2023 WEB device for EVT of wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms. Auteurs : Lubicz B, Mine B, Collignon L, Brisbois D, Duckwiler G, Strother CJournal : Am J of Neuroradiol AJNR 2013;34: 1209-1214 Flow-diverter stent for endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a prospective study in 29 patients with 34 aneurysms. Auteurs : Lubicz B, Collignon L, Raphaeli G, Pruvo JP, Bruneau M, De Witte O, Leclerc XJournal : Stroke 2010;41: 2247-53 16 August 2023

Our role Interventional radiology is a set of techniques that are minimally invasive and use medical imaging to visualise, access and act on an organ for the purposes of diagnosis and/or treatment. Image Image Image We use ultrasound, angiography, scanners and sometimes MRI to carry out biopsies or ablations, place a stent or inject a treatment. In principle, this is possible for all the systems and most of the organs of the human body. Dr Fadi Tannouri Head of the Interhospital Department of Interventional Radiology at the H.U.B Our specialities The H.U.B’s Interhospital Department of Interventional Radiology is divided into 5 sections:   Vascular disease and embolization covers arterial or venous angiography and angioplasty (placing of a stent and prosthesis, in cooperation with  vascular surgery) and embolization. The latter consists of blocking a blood vessel for therapeutic purposes, to stop haemorrhaging for example.   The osteoarticular  section covers infiltrations, biopsies, the thermoablation of bone tumours and cementoplasty (injection of intraosseous “cement”) with or without percutaneous osteosynthesis, in cooperation with orthopaedic surgery. The nephrology, urology and gynaecology  sector covers the embolization of uterine fibroids, of benign  prostatic hypertrophy and of pelvic  varicoceles and varicose veins, as well as nephrostomy. This section also provides vascular access for dialysis and creates arteriovenous fistula by percutaneous means.  The oncological section permits the placing of implantable ports and PICC lines (venous access),  pain management through infiltration, neuroloysis or radiofrequency as well as the treatment of certain cancers (see Focus).   The thoracic pathologies section covers biopsies, haemostatic embolization, percutaneous ablation of lung tumours and thermoablation of benign thyroid nodules.    Interventional radiology also covers biopsies and drainage under ultrasound, radiological or tomodensitomety (scanner) control.     Our team Image Our specialists Focus Interventional radiology is used for a minimally invasive treatment of certain cancers and benign tumours. A number of techniques are proposed:   The destruction of liver, kidney and lung tumours by thermoablation (radiofrequencies, microwaves and cryotherapy);   Chemoembolization, radioembolization and portal embolization;    Thermoablation of benign thyroid nodules ; Embolization of prostatic arteries in the framework of benign hypertrophy of the prostate gland.    Forward-looking studies Percutaneous AVF creation outcome and complications Prostate artery embolization: comparing embolic material Varicocele embolization: comparing embolic material