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CNS Axis
March 18, 2011
MEDULLOBLASTOMA IMMOBILIZATION AND TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS Edward J. Goldschmidt, Jr. Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center Camden, New Jersey MATERIALS NEEDED: ALPHA CRADLE®(trademark of Smithers Medical Products, Inc.) brand Mold Maker ...
March 18, 2011
Immobilization of the Cranial Spinal Axis with Alpha Cradle Device Jane V. Berby, RTRT J. David Todd, RTRT Indiana University Hospitals Indianapolis, Indiana Treatment of the cranial spinal axis can create difficulties with the reliability and reproducibility of the treatment portals. Most patients are uncomfortable lying prone, which creates positioning problems. Many institutions utilize the ...
March 18, 2011
IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CRANIO-SPINAL IRRADIATION Gunilla C. Bentel, RN, RTT Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina INTRODUCTION Cranio-spinal irradiation (CSI) is required in patients with medulloblastoma, and sometimes in patients with lymphoma and leukemia, usually as a preventive mode of therapy. Patients requiring CSI are usually children or young adults since these ...
March 18, 2011
ALPHA CRADLE® DEVICE AND PLASTER BANDAGE POSITIONING PATIENTS FOR CRANIAL-SPINAL IRRADIATION Mary Z. Hare, BS, RTT Rosemary T. Reed, BS, RTT S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center at Syracuse Syracuse, New York INTRODUCTION In the field of radiation oncology, there is a constant search for efficient and cost effective methods of attaining precise and reproducible radiation treatments. ...
March 18,2011
Cranial-Spinal Axis Immobilization with Alpha Cradle CNS Jeffrey Vincent Kostich, President Smithers Medical Products, Inc. North Canton, Ohio ALPHA CRADLE® IMMOBILIZATION DEVICES: CNS, CNS-P Smithers Medical Products, Inc. is proud to introduce the Alpha Cradle CNS device to immobilize the cranial-spinal axis. This is the first truly prone customized repositioning device using a polystyrene shell ...