CAUDAL ANESTHESIA DURING BRACHYTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER (CASE REPORT)


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Abstract

The case report of anesthesia during brachytherapy for prostate cancer in patient with spinal comorbidity and neurological deficits has been presented. It has been shown that caudal anesthesia with MR-scanning, palpation of anatomical landmarks and ultrasonography navigation might be a method of choice in this patients.

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Aleksandr L. Potapov

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: ALP8@yandex.ru
MD, PhD, DSc, professor, head of department of anesthesiology and intensive care of A.F. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR, 249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation 249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

V. N Derbugov

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

A. A Obuhov

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

V. S Parshin

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

T. P Berezovskaya

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

A. L Smolkin

A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center - branch of the NMICR of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

249036, Obninsk, Russian Federation

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