Surgeon's radiation exposure during percutaneous vertebroplasty

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-109

  Synowitz, Michael ^a   Kiwit, Juergen ^a  

^a Helios Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Finger dosimeter; Radiation dose; Radiation exposure; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE;

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 33644904046     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.2.106     Document Type: Article

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