2013 young investigator award winner: How safe is lateral lumbar interbody fusion for the surgeon? A prospective in vivo radiation exposure study

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1386-1392

  Taher, Fadi ^a   Hughes, Alexander P ^a   Sama, Andrew A ^a   Zeldin, Roseann ^b   Schneider, Robert ^b   Holodny, Edward I ^b   Lebl, Darren R ^a   Fantini, Gary A ^b   Nguyen, Joseph ^a   Cammisa, Frank P ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell   (United States)

Author keywords

fl uoroscopy; intraoperative fl uoroscopy; ionizing radiation; lateral lumbar interbody fusion; LLIF; minimally invasive spine surgery; minimally invasive surgery; radiation exposure; radiation safety; XLIF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; DOSIMETER; EYE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATERAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SURGEON; THORAX; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84880760129     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828705ad     Document Type: Article

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