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. 2020 Aug 11;12(8):e9666. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9666

Table 3. Other Serious Adverse Events - All Events Are Reported as Percentages (%) .

Cs-131: Cesium-131; CSF: cerebral spinal fluid; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; HGG: high-grade glioma; HCP: hydrocephalus; ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; I-125: Iodine-125; Ir-192: Iridium-192; Mening: meningioma; Mets: metastases; NPH: normal pressure hydrocephalus

      Study Tumor  Type Type of  Implant   Source Wound Healing CSF Leak Meningitis Wound Infection   ICH   Seizures Poor Seed placement   CVA   NPH/HCP   Hygroma
  1 Chan et al. [16]   HGG   Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   4.2   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
  2 Gabayan et al. [17]   HGG Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   2   3   –   2   –   2   –   1   1   1
  3 Tselis et al. [29]   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   –   –   1.2   –   2.4   –   –   –   –   –
  4 Darakchiev et al. [5]   HGG Intracavitary   I-125   12   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
  5 Fabrini et al. [28]   HGG Intracavitary   Ir-192   9.5   9.5   –   –   5   –   –   –   –   –
  6 Gobitti et al. [18]   HGG Intracavitary   I-125 GliaSite   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   6.7
  7 Archavlis et al. [26]   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   4.3   4.3   4.3   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
  8 Schwartz et al. [25]   HGG Interstitial   1-125   2.9   –   –   –   –   –   2.9   –   –   –
  9 Chatzikonstantinou et al. [27]   HGG Interstitial   Ir-192   –   –   –   –   6   0.7   –   –   –   –
  10 Magill et al. [21]   Mening Intracavitary   I-125   14   –   –   7   –   –   –   –   8   5
  11 Brachman et al. [3]   Mening Intracavitary   Cs-131   10   –   –   –   –   5   –   –   –   5
  12 Koch et al. [20]   Mening Intracavitary   I-125/Cs-131   40   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
  13 Mooney et al. [22]   Mening Intracavitary   I-125/Cs-131   9   –   –   –   –   27   –   –   –   9
  14 Huang et al. [19]   Mets Intracavitary   I-125   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   13
  15 Ruge et al. [24]   Mets Interstitial   I-125   3.7   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –
  16 Raleigh et al. [23]   Mets Intracavitary   I-125   6   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –   –