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CLASSICAL & MODIFIED INTERSTITIAL TECHNIQUES
DRAWBACKS
Accurate freehand implantation is difficult
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positioning often inaccurate
- loss of parallelism
- not reproducible
Perineal templates (Syed, MUPIT, others)
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high number of needles used
- long distances between template and target (loss
of parallelism, inaccurate positioning)
- impediment for general acceptance:
considerable risk of serious acute/late complications