Radiation Use Trends During Spinal Cord Stimulator Placement Performed by Fellow Trainees

Dear Editor, An important component of performing fluoroscopically guided procedures is efficient utilization of radiation, yet there remains a paucity of literature evaluating radiation exposure and safety in pain medicine trainees. Radiation exposure results in biological effects that are dose dependent (stochastic), such as cancer, and dose independent (deterministic), such as cataracts [1]. Because of the dangers of radiation exposure,...