Occupational exposure from common fluoroscopic projections used in orthopaedic surgery
Occupational exposure from common fluoroscopic projections used in orthopaedic surgery
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-200309000-00007
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发表时间:
2003-09-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Gourtsoyiannis, N
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作者:
Theocharopoulos, N;Perisinakis, K;Gourtsoyiannis, N
Background: Personnel assisting in or performing fluoroscopically guided procedures may be exposed to high doses of radiation. Accurate occupational dosimetric data for the orthopaeclic theater staff are of paramount importance for practicing radiation safety.Methods: Fluoroscopic screening was performed on an anthropomorphic phantom with use of four projections common in image-guided orthopaedic surgery. The simulated projections were categorized, according to the imaged anatomic area and the beam orientation, as (1) hip joint posterior-anterior, (2) hip joint lateral cross-table 450, (3) lumbar spine anterior-posterior, and (4) lumbar spine lateral 90degrees. The scattered air kerma rate was measured on a grid surrounding the operating table. For each grid point, the effective dose, eye lens dose, and face skin dose values, normalized over the tube dose area product, were derived. For the effective dose calculations, three radiation protection conditions were considered: (1) with the exposed personnel using no protection measures, (2) with the exposed personnel wearing a 0.5-mm lead-equivalent protective apron, and (3) with the exposed personnel wearing both an apron and a thyroid collar. Maximum permissible workloads for typical hip, spine, and kyphoplasty procedures were derived on the basis of compliance with effective dose, eye lens dose, and skin dose limits.Results: We found that the effective dose, eye lens dose, and face skin dose to an orthopaeclic surgeon wearing a 0.5mm lead-equivalent apron will not exceed the corresponding limits if the dose area product of the fluoroscopically guided procedure is