Re: Free seeds with Rapidstrand

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

>In response to William Weaver's question:
>
>> Subject: Mixing Free Seeds and Seed Strands In One Needle? >
>> For prostate brachytherapy, I've heard of some who mix seed strands and free
>> seeds in a single needle.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with technique?  Positive or negative
thoughts
>> on the technique are appreciated.
>
>We have been using rapidstrand for about a year and in our experience the
>answer to this question is DON'T DO IT! We only ever load needles with
>whole, un-cut lengths of rapidstrand. Loading pices of rapidstrand
>together or rapidstrand together with loose seeds simply causes the
>'spacer'portions of the rapidstrand to overide and cause blockages in the
>needle.
>
>Shaun St. Clair
>Brachytherapy Section
>Medical Physics Department
>Yorkshire Centre for Clinical Oncology
>Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
>Cookridge Hospital
>Leeds
>UK
>(ssc@medphysics.leeds.ac.uk)
>
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