AROI-ESTRO GYN Teaching Course

CLASSICAL & MODIFIED INTERSTITIAL TECHNIQUES

DRAWBACKS

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Accurate freehand implantation is difficult - positioning often inaccurate

- loss of parallelism - not reproducible

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Perineal templates (Syed, MUPIT, others) - 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