Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2008
In vitro study of patient's and physician's radiation exposure in the performance of epiduroscopy.
Epiduroscopy is a minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic technique, useful in the management of patients with back and leg pain. However, the dose of radiation exposure by fluoroscopy during epiduroscopy is not known. The endpoint of our study was to evaluate the amount of radiation exposure for patients and health care workers during epiduroscopy. ⋯ The radiological dosages in the patient humanoid model were less than the threshold doses that could lead to organ injuries for 1 epiduroscopic procedure. However, care should be taken for cumulative exposures in repeated procedures.