The best way to feel comfortable about your upcoming treatment is to be informed and ask as many questions as you feel necessary to feel good about your decisions.
It is natural to want to take an active part in making the decisions involved with your treatment course and care, and to become as informed as possible on the various procedures and technologies currently available to you to make these decisions. If you are visiting this site, chances are your Physician has prescribed HDR as the treatment of choice for your individual plan.
We assume your Physician has addressed these treatments with you, and will focus on one of the latest technologies utilized by the treatment facilities.
The goal of the treatment is to deliver the radiation at the targeted cancer, and displace the surrounding non-targeted structures away from the radiation source. The two main organs of interest at risk are the bladder and rectum.
Traditionally surgical packing was used to fill the vaginal vault to push the bladder and rectum away from the radiation source. This packing can be an involved timely process, which can require the administration of anesthesia. The packing is later removed after treatment which can be an uncomfortable procedure.
The Alatus vaginal balloon packing system was developed to be a more comfortable packing tool, and provide a more stable and reproducible platform for displacing the surrounding structures.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT
Once the Alatus balloon is placed in the proper location, it will then be filled with a prescribed volume of air or water to meet the Physician’s packing requirements for the technology. After treatment the balloon will be deflated, removed, and discarded. The balloon insertion portion of the treatment usually takes less than a few minutes. The potential risks are minimal, but should be discussed with your prescribing Physician.
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