Radiation exposure to the spine surgeon in lumbar and thoracolumbar fusions with the use of an intraoperative computed tomographic 3-dimensional imaging system

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Abdullah, Kalil G ^a,b   Bishop, Frank S ^b   Lubelski, Daniel ^a,b   Steinmetz, Michael P ^c,d   Benzel, Edward C ^a,b   Mroz, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fluoroscopy; intraoperative imaging; o arm; radiation; radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE FUSION; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864451582     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31825786d8     Document Type: Article

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