[General anesthesia in pediatric radiotherapy]

C Vigneron; É Schwartz; C Trojé; C Niederst; P Meyer; P Lutz; N Entz Werlé; G Noël

doi:10.1016/j.canrad.2013.06.036

[General anesthesia in pediatric radiotherapy]

Cancer Radiother. 2013 Oct;17(5-6):534-7. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2013.06.036. Epub 2013 Aug 22.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Vigneron¹, É Schwartz, C Trojé, C Niederst, P Meyer, P Lutz, N Entz Werlé, G Noël

Affiliation

¹ Département universitaire de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, BP 42, 67065 Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 23972829
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2013.06.036

Abstract

Background: The majority of children under 3 years require anesthesia for radiotherapy.

Methods: This work reports the experience of Paul-Strauss Center over a 4-year period on 15 children and covering 386 general anesthesia.

Results and conclusion: The rate of anesthesia-related complications was low (0.5%) subject to the experience of the anesthesiologists and follow-up recommendations.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Anesthésie; Paediatry; Pédiatrie; Radiation therapy; Radiothérapie.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Abdominal Neoplasms / psychology*
Abdominal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Anesthesia, General*
Brain Neoplasms / psychology*
Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Laryngeal Masks
Monitoring, Physiologic
Radiotherapy / adverse effects
Radiotherapy Dosage