Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant. You will need to talk about the benefits and risks of using Dimetapp while you are pregnant. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding. You will need to talk about any risks to your baby. How is this medicine (Dimetapp) best taken? Use this medicine as ordered by your doctor.
Implanting permanent radioactive seeds in the prostate is a method of treating cancer. The procedure allows a concentrated dose of radiation to be delivered directly to the prostate cancer, limiting damage to other tissue.
PROCEDURE: Insertion of radioactive iodine-125 seeds (BrachySciences/anchor seeds) Preoperative Diagnosis: Adenocarcinoma of prostate. Postoperative Diagnosis: Adenocarcinoma of prostate. Anesthesia: General. Supervision in Handling of Radioactive Sources: Radioactive sources were checked in the Hot Lab, in terms of crack and numbering activity. Appropriate documentation completed pre-, peri-, and postoperatively. Appropriate scans were obtained pre-, peri-, postoperatively.