Radiation exposure to the surgeon during percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: A prospective study

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 617-625

  Ahn, Yong ^a   Kim, Chang Ho ^a   Lee, June Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Jin Sung ^b  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

discectomy; fluoroscopy; percutaneous; radiation dosage; radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC LUMBAR DISCECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANS AT RISK; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876416562     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318275ca58     Document Type: Article

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