The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recently purchased an X-Porte point-of-care ultrasound system from FUJIFILM SONOSITE to extend its ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia capabilities for orthopaedic surgery.
Dr Anthony Allan, a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in regional anaesthesia, explained: “We already had two SonoSite point-of-care instruments – an M-Turbo and an S-Nerve – for use in our theatre suite, but these are much in demand and we needed another system to deal with our workload. Our previous experience with the company’s instruments and service made the newly launched X-Porte system the obvious choice.
“The X-Porte has a very elegant, functional design, and the touchpad is both intuitive to operate and straightforward to clean, which is an advantage for infection control. As with all SonoSite systems, it is a fairly robust piece of kit – which is vital in a busy theatre environment – and boots up very quickly, which again is an important consideration. In terms of image quality, the X-Porte is a step ahead, with a large screen and very good resolution, and we are only just beginning to discover its potential for regional anaesthesia.”
