CT-Guided Fiducial Placement for CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery: An Initial Experience
- 'Sotiria' General Hospital of Chest Diseases (Greece)
- Iatropolis CyberKnife Center (Greece)
CyberKnife frameless image-guided radiosurgery has become a widely used system for parenchymal extracranial lesions. Gold fiducials are required for the planning and aiming of CyberKnife therapy. We report our initial experience and describe the technique of positioning tumor markers, under CT guidance. We conducted a retrospective review of 105 patients who were referred for CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery at Iatropolis CyberKnife Center in Athens. All patients underwent percutaneous fiducial placement via CT guidance. At the desired location, the 18-G needle was advanced into or near the tumor. Data collected included number and locations of fiducials placed and complications experienced to date. One hundred five patients underwent fiducial placement under CT guidance and a total number of 319 gold seeds were implanted. We experienced one episode of pneumothorax that required drainage, one mild pneumothorax, and three episodes of perifocal pulmonary hemorrhage. In conclusion, fiducial implantation under CT guidance appears to be a safe and efficient procedure, as long as it is performed by an experienced interventional radiologist.
- OSTI ID:
- 21428988
- Journal Information:
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 33, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-009-9748-7; Copyright (c) 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); ISSN 0174-1551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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