Does nonexistent of your hands on the screen guarantee no radiation exposure to your body? – Study on exposure of the practitioner's hands to radiation during C-arm fluoroscopy-guided injections and effectiveness of a new shielding device

Volume: 98, Issue: 46, Pages: e17959 - e17959
Published: Nov 1, 2019
Abstract
Observational phantom study.This study aimed to evaluate the radiation exposure dose of practitioner's hands when performing C-arm guided procedures and to determine the usefulness of our newly designed radiation shielding device.C-arm guided procedures including lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs) are commonly used for pain control induced by lumbar radiculopathy. The practitioner's hands are vulnerable to radiation...
Paper Details
Title
Does nonexistent of your hands on the screen guarantee no radiation exposure to your body? – Study on exposure of the practitioner's hands to radiation during C-arm fluoroscopy-guided injections and effectiveness of a new shielding device
Published Date
Nov 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
98
Issue
46
Pages
e17959 - e17959
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