Occupational gonadal and embryo/fetal doses from fluoroscopically assisted surgical treatments of spinal disorders

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2573-2580

  Theocharopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Damilakis, John ^a   Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Papadokostakis, George ^b   Hadjipavlou, Alexander ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fetal dose; Fluoroscopy; Gonadal dose; Kyphoplasty; Occupational exposure; Pedicle screw; Radiation; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KYPHOPLASTY; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHANTOM; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 14844349396     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000144424.06214.6f     Document Type: Article

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