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Clinical
Direct clinical care expanding access to minimally invasive, image-guided treatment.
Programmes
Four Pillars, One Body of Work.
CORE organises clinical practice, partnership, evidence and training into a single operating model, and every current programme sits within it.
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How the Work Is Organised
- Clinical
Clinical
Direct clinical practice expanding access to minimally invasive, image-guided interventions, while supporting durable clinical services, workflows and referral pathways.
- Outreach
Outreach
Building bridges between patients, clinicians, hospitals, professional societies, communities, industry, diaspora physicians and international partners; identifying unmet needs, developing collaborations, raising awareness and connecting resources with locally defined priorities.
- Research
Research
Generating and supporting locally relevant research around disease burden, outcomes, barriers to care, appropriate solutions and evidence for policy, investment and clinical practice.
- Education
Education
Developing sustainable expertise through specialist training, mentorship, observerships, courses, multidisciplinary education and knowledge exchange.
Current Programmes
Programmes That Build Capacity.
Each programme is managed as a first-class record: applications, review, decisions and reporting all run through the same infrastructure.
Education
Education Grants and Stipends
Support for medical students and radiology residents seeking meaningful exposure to interventional radiology.
Clinical
Direct Clinical Care
Direct interventional radiology care at multiple institutions in Nigeria.
Education + Outreach
IR Training Programs and Initiatives
Teaching, mentorship, institutional partnerships and skills development.
Find Your Pathway
Which Route Fits You?
Three steps: tell us who you are, where your service or training currently stands, and see the programmes and preparation that apply.
- 1Who You Are
- 2Where You Stand
- 3Your Pathway
Step 01 · Who You Are
Why Image-Guided Care
Compare the Two Approaches.
CHOOSE A CLINICAL SITUATION Choose a clinical situation, then compare conventional open surgery with the image-guided alternative across incision, anaesthesia, hospital stay and physiological burden.
Symptomatic uterine fibroids causing heavy bleeding, pain or pressure.
Compare Approach
Conventional Open Surgery
Open Abdominal Myomectomy or Hysterectomy
Minimally Invasive, Image-Guided
Uterine Fibroid Embolisation
Currently Shown
- Incision and Access
Open Surgery
Abdominal incision, typically 10–20 cm, with layered closure and a visible scar.
Image-Guided Treatment
Pinhole puncture at the wrist or groin, a few millimetres wide, closed without stitches.
- Anaesthesia
Open Surgery
General anaesthesia with airway management and an anaesthetic team for the full procedure.
Image-Guided Treatment
Local anaesthesia at the puncture site with conscious sedation and pain control.
- Hospital Stay and Recovery
Open Surgery
Several days as an inpatient, with weeks before a return to usual activity.
Image-Guided Treatment
Same-day or overnight observation in most cases, with a shorter return to usual activity.
- Physiological Burden
Open Surgery
Greater blood loss, more wound-related risk and a larger surgical stress response.
Image-Guided Treatment
Targeted treatment through the blood vessels, with the uterus preserved and less blood loss.
Both approaches are legitimate clinical options. Suitability depends on the patient, the imaging findings and the clinical team. This comparison is general clinical information, not medical advice, and not a record of AIR Alliance activity.
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