Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

General anesthesia (TIVA) during brachytherapy for cervical cancer patients: A retrospective study

Dr K C Sekhar, Dr Vijayalakshmi Chandrasekhar

Abstract :

 Brachytherapy for cervical cancers presents the anesthetist with numerous challenges, which differ radically from those during routine surgery.

Patients scheduled for achytherapy are often elderly with comorbid diseases that may preclude major surgery and pose a high risk for
perioperative complications. Intracavitary and interstitial achytherapy procedures are extremely painful and require both profound analgesia and
immobilization. Furthermore, these patients have to be shifted through radiology treatment planning and internal radiotherapy while still fully
sedated and immobile.
Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) is an ideal technique for achytherapy as it is safe under monitored care and permits quick turnover of
patients. TIVA is easy to administer, permits early return of patients to their homes and is considerably less embarrassing to the female patient group
when compared to neuraxial techniques.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr K C Sekhar, Dr Vijayalakshmi Chandrasekhar, General anesthesia (TIVA) during brachytherapy for cervical cancer patients: A retrospective study, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018


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