Saddle block analgesia for high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A prospective study

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-338

  Clarke, Hance A ^a,b,c   Tarshis, Jordan ^a,c   Lam McCulloch, Jenny ^a   Kay, Joseph ^a,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Brachytherapy; Dose response; Pain; Regional anesthesia; Saddle block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SADDLE BLOCK ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 70349432271     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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