Radiation exposure to the spine surgeon during fluoroscopically assisted pedicle screw insertion

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2637-2645

  Rampersaud, Y Raja ^a,b   Foley, Kevin T ^a,c   Shen, Alfred C ^a,c   Williams, Scott ^b   Solomito, Milo ^d  

^a Image Guided Surgery Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Methodist HealthCare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bone screws; Fluoroscopy; Ionization; Lumbar vertebrae; Occupational exposure; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND; INTERNAL FIXATORS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 0034667336     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200010150-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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