What is prostate 'brachytherapy'?

What is prostate 'brachytherapy'?

Mark Vogel (Board Certified Urologist) gives expert video advice on: What is 'prostate radiation therapy'?; What is prostate 'brachytherapy'?; What are the side effects of prostate radiation therapy?

Brachytherapy is another way to deliver radiation to the prostate. In this procedure, a surgical procedure is performed, in which hollow needles are inserted under ultrasound or x-ray guidance directly into the prostate and thereafter radioactive seeds are inserted and dispersed throughout the prostate.