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jeffmarc, no. It's an old long before Space Oar. It really is a water balloon that they insert and fill before each radiation fraction. It isn't a surgical placement.
Rectal balloons are still in use, though.
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@gently, your original and second post was and is correct.
The balloons were being used before Space/Oar was available. And it is still being done today as you posted.
Many patients for medical reason cannot have the Space/Oar done. Or they chose not to have it done. This is not a personal opinion. I asked my UFHPTI R/O about it after I saw the balloon technique being set up after me and he said the above to me. So it comes from a UFHPTI medical professional R/O.
I know when I finished my treatments at UFHPTI the next patient (who must have been same individual after me) the techs were setting up the balloon insert. It did not look bad at all but takes longer for set you up for your treatments.
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The story I heard was that in the early 90s at Loma Linda a nurse went to the local drugstore and bought all the condoms they had and invented this process.😉