Fig. 1From: Assessment of lower urinary symptom flare with overactive bladder symptom score and International Prostate Symptom Score in patients treated with iodine-125 implant brachytherapy: long-term follow-up experience at a single instituteChanges in representative parameters for lower urinary symptoms during follow-up after seed implant. IPSS (a−d) and OABSS (e−h) questionnaires were used for evaluation. Scores at each time point (the baseline and 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months after implant) were compared with the baseline scores with the Mann-Whitney U-test. Data are expressed by means and standard deviations. Changes in other parameters are shown in Additional file 1: Figure S1. BL, the baseline; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001Back to article page