Surgeon and patient radiation exposure in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-573

  Bindal, Rajesh K ^a,b,c   Glaze, Sharon ^a,b   Ognoskie, Meghann ^a   Tunner, Van ^a   Malone, Robert ^a   Ghosh, Subrata ^a,b  

^a Methodist Sugar Land Hospital   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopic guidance; Minimally invasive surgery; Radiation safety; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; VERTEBRA BODY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 58849164909     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.4.08182     Document Type: Article

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