Fluoroscopy radiation safety for spine interventional pain procedures in University Teaching Hospitals

Pain Physician

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Zhou, YiLi ^a,b   Singh, Natasha ^a,b   Abdi, Salahadin ^a,b   Wu, JiuHua ^a,c   Crawford, Jennifer ^a,b   Furgang, Fred A ^a,b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Discography; Epidural steroid injection; Facet joint block; Flouroscopy; Radiation safety; Sacroiliac joint injection; Sympathetic nerve block

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SAFETY; SPINAL PAIN; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 14944349566     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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