Immobilization Device for Patients Undergoing Cranio-Spinal Irradiation
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…