Journal article
Overcoming pubic arch interference with free-hand needle placement in men undergoing prostate brachytherapy
Brachytherapy, v 8(1), pp 74-78
2009
PMID: 18793877
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Abstract
The present study evaluates the postimplant dosimetry when free-hand needles were placed to overcome interference from the pubic arch.
A review of all patients who underwent prostate brachytherapy at our institution from 2001 to 2006 was performed. Postimplant dosimetry in men requiring free-hand needle placement was compared with postimplant dosimetry in men not requiring free-hand needle placement.
Of the 145 patients who underwent prostate brachytherapy, 8 patients required free-hand needle placement. The mean prostate volume in the free-hand needle cohort was 46.0
cc with a mean of 3.4 free-hand needles placed. In the 137 patients not requiring free-hand needle placement, the mean volume was 39.7
cc. The mean
D
90,
V
100,
V
150, and rectal
V
100 for the free-hand cohort was 129.5%, 96.3%, 81.6%, and 1.45
cc, respectively. The mean
D
90,
V
100,
V
150, and rectal
V
100 in men not requiring free-hand needle placement was 126.8%, 97.1%, 78.7%, and 1.03
cc, respectively.
The present study finds that adequate postimplant dosimetry can be obtained if free-hand needles are required due to pubic arch interference.
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Details
- Title
- Overcoming pubic arch interference with free-hand needle placement in men undergoing prostate brachytherapy
- Creators
- Erin P. Gibbons - University of PittsburghRyan P. Smith - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterSushil Beriwal - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterKomanduri Krishna - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterRonald M. Benoit - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Brachytherapy, v 8(1), pp 74-78
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000263454700016
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-58149526660
- Other Identifier
- 991021897269104721
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