Subject: anaesthesia
Subject: analgesia
Subject: brachytherapy
Subject: cervical cancer

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Year: 2018

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Type: Article

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Title: THE INFLUENCE OF ANESTHESIA IN INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER - SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Author: Klisarovska V.
Author: Smichkoska S.
Author: Krstevska V.
Author: Lazareva E.

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Abstract: Brachytherapy is important and potentially curative treatment for patients with inoperable locally advanced cervical cancer. Depending on the local finding the radioactive source application can cause serious discomfort to the patient, anxiety, followed by pain. Some patients experienced severe uterine pain. In selected patients, anesthesiological assessment and support is of great importance, because this is a way to realized the treatment. Because of that the anesthesiologist is a vital member of the brachytherapy team. Anaesthesiologists play a key role in the ongoing challenge to provide safe and pain-free conditions for an optimum brachytherapy treatment effect.

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Publisher: Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

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Relation: Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia

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Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/9570
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9570

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