Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 335-338 , October 2009

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

  • Hance A. Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Eaton North 3 EB 317, Acute Pain Research Unit, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada. Tel.: +1-416-340-4800 ext 6649; fax: +1-416-340-3698.
    • ,
  • Jordan Tarshis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Jenny Lam-McCulloch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Joseph Kay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Received 3 December 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S1538-4721(09)00201-3

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.01.005

Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 335-338 , October 2009

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