Problems with rigid seed strand lodging during prostate implantation: A proposed mechanism and solution

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-21

  Friedland, Jay L ^a   Feygelman, Vladimir ^a   Haller, Edward M ^b   Bradley, Lory M ^c   Sanders, Robert M ^a   Noriega, Brian K ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Medi Physics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Electron microscopy; Rigid seed strands; Ultrasound guided prostate implant

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; REIMPLANTATION; ULTRASOUND;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEEDLES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SUTURES;

EID: 0030901115     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(96)00134-3     Document Type: Article

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