Patient and surgeon radiation exposure: Comparison of standard and Mini-C-Arm fluoroscopy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Giordano, Brian D ^a   Baumhauer, Judith F ^a   Morgan, Thomas L ^a   Ii, Glenn R Rechtine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 60549084002     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00407     Document Type: Article

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