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Failed Barrigel injection and insertion of only 3 of 4 carbon markers
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Have some further conversation with your oncologist. I had SpaceOar successfully placed as well as the desired markers, but with 44 IMRT treatments over a year ago am still dealing with radiation proctitis. Make sure that risks and likely outcomes are discussed well.
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@jime51 Good post! I don’t think the radiation proctitis risk can be overstated. I had no issues with the marker placement or the Spacer gel placement. 5 months post sbrt and never a bowel issue. When you do the math, each sbrt treatment is placing 8 times the radiation that your 44 treatments placed. Even with a 20 session regimen it is important for the radiation planning and delivery to be as accurate as possible