Resection Cavity Contraction Effects in the Use of Radioactive Sources (1-25 versus Cs-131) for Intra-Operative Brain Implants.

Dae Y Han; Lijun Ma; Steve Braunstein; David Raleigh; Patricia K Sneed; Michael McDermott

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.2079

Resection Cavity Contraction Effects in the Use of Radioactive Sources (1-25 versus Cs-131) for Intra-Operative Brain Implants.

Dae Y Han
, Lijun Ma
, Steve Braunstein
, David Raleigh
, Patricia K Sneed
, Michael McDermott

Miami Neuroscience Institute

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.2079
State	Published - Jan 16 2018

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