Paediatric radiation therapy without anaesthesia - Are the children moving?

CONCLUSION: Children receiving RT with audiovisual distraction while awake had small magnitudes of observed intrafraction movement, with minimal movement in >97 % of observed RT fractions. This study validates methods of anaesthesia avoidance using audiovisual distraction for selected children.PMID:38311029 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110120

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - February 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Tatiana Ritchie Susan Awrey Manjula Maganti Rehab Chahin Michael Velec David C Hodgson Hitesh Dama Sameera Ahmed Jeff D Winter Normand Laperriere Derek S Tsang Source Type: research