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Are urological procedures in tetraplegic patients safely performed without anesthesia? A report of three cases

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Title
Are urological procedures in tetraplegic patients safely performed without anesthesia? A report of three cases
Published in
Patient Safety in Surgery, February 2012
DOI 10.1186/1754-9493-6-3
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Authors

Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Fahed Selmi, Gurpreet Singh, Cristian Esanu, Peter Hughes, Tun Oo, Kamesh Pulya

Abstract

Some tetraplegic patients may wish to undergo urological procedures without anaesthesia, but these patients can develop autonomic dysreflexia if cystoscopy and vesical lithotripsy are performed without anaesthesia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 29 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 5 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Lecturer 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 9 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 52%
Social Sciences 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Engineering 1 3%
Unknown 10 34%