Radiation dose to the operator during vertebroplasty: Prospective comparison of the use of 1-cc syringes versus an injection device

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1257-1260

  Kallmes, David F ^a,b   Erwin, O ^a   Roy, Soma Sinha ^a   Piccolo, Richard G ^a   Marx, William F ^a   Lee, Jae K ^c   Jensen, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SYRINGE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

BONE CEMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEEDLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SYRINGES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0038275749     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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