Radiation exposure to surgeon and patient in intramedullary nailing of the lower limb

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 723-727

  Madan, Sanjeev ^a,b   Blakeway, Charles ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GONAD; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURGEON; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; GONADS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; X-RAYS;

EID: 0036788370     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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