Does less invasive spine surgery result in increased radiation exposure? A systematic review

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1738-1748

  Yu, Elizabeth ^a   Khan, Safdar N ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; IONIZING RADIATION; KYPHOPLASTY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901261284     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3503-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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