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The side effects and complications of percutaneous iodine-125 seeds implantation under CT-guide for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Wei-Fu Lv, Dong Lu, Jing-Kun Xiao, Gauri Mukhiya, Zhong-Xiao Tan, De-Lei Cheng, Chun-Ze Zhou, Xing-Min Zhang, Zheng-Feng Zhang, Chang-Long Hou

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Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-Fu LvDepartment of Interventional Radiology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China Department of Radiology, BIR Hospital, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dong Lu
Jing-Kun Xiao
Gauri Mukhiya
Zhong-Xiao Tan
De-Lei Cheng
Chun-Ze Zhou
Xing-Min Zhang
Zheng-Feng Zhang
Chang-Long Hou
University of Science and Technology of China · CNAnhui Provincial Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe present study investigates the side effects and complications of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous iodine-125 (I-125) seeds implantation for advanced pancreatic cancer.

methodsThe clinical data were retrospectively analyzed for patients treated with implantation of I-125 seeds under CT-guide in our hospital from May 2010 to April 2015. The side effects and complications were collected and their possible reasons were analyzed.

resultsA total of 78 patients were enrolled. The side effects were categorized as fever in 29 cases (37.18%), abdominal pain in 26 cases (33.33%), nausea and vomiting in 9 cases (11.54%), diarrhea in 5 cases (6.41%), and constipation in 4 cases (5.13%). Complications were composed of pancreatitis in 9 cases (11.54%), infection in 5 cases (6.41%), seed migration in 2 cases (2.56%), intestinal perforation in 1 case (1.28%), and intestinal obstruction in 1 case. The incidence of complication was 23.08% (18/78). The difference in incidence of complication was statistically significant between patients implanted with ≤27 seeds and those with >27 seeds (P = .032).

conclusionThe side effects and complications frequently occur in implantation of I-125 seeds for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. More concern should be given to the patients treated by this technique.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBrachytherapyFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleMiddle AgedPancreatic NeoplasmsRadiography, InterventionalRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedIodine-125Iodine Radioisotopes

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PMID29384971
PMCPMC6392784
OpenAlexW2776554085

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