Evaluating the complications of interstitial brachytherapy is confusing for doctors as well as patients—mainly because there are many studies out there whose results and criteria vary widely. Some reasons for this are that different surgeons have different techniques and, frankly, levels of expertise; that some doctors implant seeds in patients who would be ruled out for this treatment by other doctors; and that some doctors leading various studies may not specify, may lump in different categories, or may not even be aware of all the complications their patients have had. Any time you see gaping holes in percentages
(like, “From s’percent to 85 percent of men had . . .”), it’s probably safe to assume that truly accurate results are hard to come by
Having said this, we can also say that there are some complications you can expect from implantation of radioactive seeds. They include the following.
The incidence of death from any of the procedures is extremely low. There is a huge fluctuation in the incidence of late (not immediately after surgery) complications—ranging from zero to 72 percent—depending on which study one chooses to quote; the most common range is from 10 percent to 25 percent.
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