Paracervical blocks facilitate timely brachytherapy amidst COVID-19.

Brunnhoelzl, Daniel; Hanania, Alexander N; Echeverria, Alfredo; Sunde, Jan; Tran, Connie; Ludwig, Michelle

Brunnhoelzl, Daniel; Hanania, Alexander N; Echeverria, Alfredo; Sunde, Jan; Tran, Connie; Ludwig, Michelle.

Affiliation

Brunnhoelzl D; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Hanania AN; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Echeverria A; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Sunde J; Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Tran C; Department of Anesthesia, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Ludwig M; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: Michelle.Ludwig@bcm.edu.

Brachytherapy ; 20(1): 284-289, 2021.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32891569

Subject(s)

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures/methods; Analgesics/therapeutic use; Anesthesia, Local/methods; Anesthesia, Obstetrical/methods; Brachytherapy/methods; Pain, Procedural/prevention & control; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/radiotherapy; Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use; Antiemetics/therapeutic use; COVID-19; Female; Gabapentin/therapeutic use; Humans; Hydromorphone/therapeutic use; Ibuprofen/therapeutic use; Lorazepam/therapeutic use; Organs at Risk; Pain, Procedural/drug therapy; Pandemics; Promethazine/therapeutic use; Radiotherapy Dosage; Rectum; SARS-CoV-2; Urinary Bladder; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology

Key words

COVID-19; Intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT); Locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC); Multimodal anesthesia; Paracervical block (PCB)

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Brachytherapy / Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Pain, Procedural / Analgesics / Anesthesia, Local / Anesthesia, Obstetrical Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limits: Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Brachytherapy Journal subject: RADIOTERAPIA Year: 2021 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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