Radiation exposure to the surgeon during fluoroscopically assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty: A prospective study

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1893-1898

  Harstall, Roger ^a   Heini, Paul F ^a   Mini, Roberto L ^a   Orler, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Radiation exposure; Radiation protection; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; EYE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23944475576     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000174121.48306.16     Document Type: Article

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