ANALGESIA IN INTRACAVITARY CERVICAL BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATIONS

Year 2023, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 64 - 66, 29.03.2023

Ebru Özen

https://doi.org/10.48176/esmj.2023.105

Abstract

Intracavitary brachytherapy treatment has a very important role in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Brachytherapy is a very painful procedure, especially in patients in whom cervical opening cannot be achieved, and requires analgesia and immobilization. The American Brachytherapy Association (ABA) recommends the use of conscious sedation as much as possible in intracavitary high-doserate (HDR) applications of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer. In this review, we wanted to discuss the types and necessity of analgesia in the application of intracavitary brachytherapy in patients diagnosed with cervical cancer, which is an important health problem in our country.

Keywords

Analgesia, brachytherapy, cervical cancer

İNTRAKAVİTER SERVİKS BRAKİTERAPİSİ UYGULAMALARINDA ANALJEZİ

Abstract

İntrakaviter brakiterapi tedavisi lokal ileri serviks kanseri tanılı hastalarda çok önemli bir role sahiptir. Brakiterapi uygulaması özellikle servikal açıklığın sağlanamadığı hastalarda oldukça ağrılı bir
işlem olup analjezi ve immobilizasyon gerektirir. Amerikan Brakiterapi Derneği (ABA), serviks kanseri tanılı hastaların intrakaviter yüksek doz hızlı (HDR) uygulamalarında mümkün olduğunca bilinçli sedasyon kullanılmasını önermektedir. Bu derlemede ülkemizde de önemli bir sağlık sorunu olan serviks kanseri tanılı hastalarda intrakaviter brakiterapi uygulamasında analjezi tiplerini ve gerekliliği tartışmak istedik.

Keywords

Analgesia, brachytherapy, cervical cancer

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