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Table 1 Studies assessing complication rates from fiducial marker implantation for prostate image guided radiotherapy
| Study | Patient numbers | Infective complications |
|---|---|---|
| Gill et al. [1] | 234 | 3 patients (1.3%) required admission for sepsis |
| 1 patient (0.4%) had Grade 4 septicaemia. | ||
| Langenhuijsen et al. [2] | 209 | 4 patients (1.9%) with fever received additional antibiotics. |
| There were no hospital admissions. | ||
| Igdem et al. [3] | 135 | 3 patients (2.2%) developed symptomatic urinary infection with fever and received antibiotics. |
| There were no hospital admissions. | ||
| 1 (0.7%) patient developed asymptomatic bacteriuria resistant to antibiotic therapy. | ||
| Moman et al. [4] | 402 had transrectal FM implantation | 2 (0.5%) developed urosepsis (Grade 3 toxicity) |
| 512 had transperineal FM implantation | No grade 3 or 4 toxicity. | |
| Loh et al. | 285 | 22 patients (7.7%) received antibiotic treatment for a urinary infection |
| 8 patients (2.8%) required hospital admission for urosepsis. | ||
| TRUS biopsy series | ||
| Wagenlehner et al. [10] | 521 | 5.2% had symptomatic urinary tract infection |
| 3.1% required hospital admissions for infectious complications |
