Radiation Exposure and Hand Dominance Using Mini C-Arm Fluoroscopy in Hand Surgery

Hand and body radiation exposure with the use of mini C-arm fluoroscopy.

PURPOSE To determine whole body and hand radiation exposure to the hand surgeon wearing a lead apron during routine intraoperative use of the mini C-arm fluoroscope. METHODS Four surgeons (3 hand attending surgeons and 1 hand fellow) monitored their radiation exposure for a total of 200 consecutive cases (50 cases per surgeon) requiring mini C-arm fluoroscopy. Each surgeon measured radiation ...

Radiation Exposure of the Hand and Chest during C-arm Fluoroscopy-Guided Procedures

BACKGROUND The C-arm fluoroscope is an essential tool for the intervention of pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the radiation exposure experienced by the hand and chest of pain physicians during C-arm fluoroscopy-guided procedures. METHODS This is a prospective study about radiation exposure to physicians during transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) and medial branch ...

Patient and surgeon radiation exposure: comparison of standard and mini-C-arm fluoroscopy.

BACKGROUND Use of c-arm fluoroscopy is common in the operating room, outpatient clinic, and emergency department. Consequently, there is a concern regarding radiation exposure. Mini-c-arm fluoroscopes have gained popularity; however, few studies have quantified exposure during mini-c-arm imaging of a body part larger than a hand or wrist. The purpose of this study was to measure radiation expos...

Exposure to direct and scatter radiation with use of mini-C-arm fluoroscopy.

BACKGROUND Mini-c-arm fluoroscopy has become an important resource to the orthopaedic surgeon. Exposure of the orthopaedic surgical team to radiation during standard large-c-arm fluoroscopy has been well studied; however, little is known about the amount of exposure to which a surgical team is subjected with the use of mini-c-arm fluoroscopy. Moreover, there is controversy regarding the use of ...

Exposure to Direct and Scatter Radiation with Use of Mini-C-Arm Fluoroscopy