Can radiation exposure to the surgeon be reduced with freehand pedicle screw fixation technique in pediatric spinal deformity correction? A prospective multicenter study

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 521-525

  Erken, H Yener ^a   Burc, Halil ^b   Saka, Gursel ^c   Akmaz, Ibrahim ^a   Aydogan, Mehmet ^d  

^a Anadolu Medical Center   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Umraniye Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^d Bosphorus Spine Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fl uoroscopic time; Freehand technique; Pediatric spinal deformity; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 84897047102     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000172     Document Type: Article

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