Table 2.

Complications

Complication	No	Comments
Periprocedural complications
Local cerebral bleeding	2/106 (2%)
Seed repositioning due to migration and/or positional deviation from the original treatment plan	3/106 (3%)
Wound healing disturbance with concomitant cerebritis whereupon a premature seed-explantation had to be performed	1/106 (1%)
Long-term complications
Prolonged edema	11/106 (10%)	Of the eleven, three developed radionecrosis, resulting in  parenchymal bleeding with brainstem compression or  hemiparesis
Total	17/106 (16%)