Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 924-925 , October 2009

Percutaneous Fluoroscopically Guided Salvage of Misplaced Perirectal 125I Prostate Seeds—Easy Way Out

  • Christopher Bangard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher Bangard, M.D., Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, Köln D-50924 Germany
    • ,
  • Robert Semrau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
    • ,
  • Henning Bovenschulte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus J. Lackner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Received 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 22 December 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)02039-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.023

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 924-925 , October 2009

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