What happens during a local hyperthermia?
Local hyperthermia is used to treat superficial tumors. Under certain circumstances, it may be recommended to introduce under local anesthesia (with CT- and ultrasound monitoring) a catheter into the tumor for the temperature taking. This must be discussed with the doctor in attendance. On the day of the heat therapy, you are comfortably positioned on a stretcher by the help of positioning aids and cushions. The applicator is positioned on the tumor and possibly fixed in this position by further measures. Additionally temperature probes are fixed on different points of the skin. Then the power is switched on and is increased step by step. Normally, there should be no irritations or pain (if there are, the power must be reduced). The desired temperatures are however not always doubtlessly reached during this procedure.
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