Skill dependence of radiation exposure for the orthopaedic surgeon during interlocking nailing of long-bone shaft fractures: A clinical study

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 659-664

  Blattert, Thomas R ^a   Fill, Ute A ^b   Kunz, Elmar ^c   Panzer, Werner ^b   Weckbach, Arnulf ^a   Regulla, Dieter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c District Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Fluoroscopy; Intramedullary fracture fixation; Radiation; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIENCE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG BONE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HAND; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 11244271466     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0743-9     Document Type: Article

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