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Acta ortopédica mexicana

versión impresa ISSN 2306-4102

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LADEWIG-BERNALDEZ, GI et al. Radiation exposure of the spine surgeon. Acta ortop. mex [online]. 2023, vol.37, n.3, pp.143-147.  Epub 06-Mayo-2024. ISSN 2306-4102.  https://doi.org/10.35366/113071.

Introduction:

in general, spine surgeons seek to minimize soft tissue damage by using less invasive approaches, which causes them to use intraoperative images much more frequently than other surgical specialties; therefore, they are at increased risk of radiation exposure.

Objective:

the aim of this work was to analyse the amount of radiation to which the spine surgeon is exposed in different scenarios.

Material and methods:

a prospective study with a descriptive, longitudinal non-randomized data source. We carried out this study in the period from 2015 to 2019, the radiologic protection consisted in lead apron, thyroid shield and leaded glasses, there were 10 badge dosimeters.

Results:

only 4 dosimeters were included in the study, the other six were excluded. During the study period one surgeon suffered thyroid cancer and other suffered of liposarcoma. In the protected group were two surgeons, in the group of aleatory exposition was one surgeon and in the unprotected group was one surgeon. In the study the dosimeter in the unprotected group received more amount of radiation in all the years, we did an inferential analysis per year related with the number of surgeries without significant correlation, we attribute this result because we didn’t classified the type of surgery realized by each surgeon.

Conclusion:

we conclude that the spine surgeon must apply the primary methods of radiological protection and that the unprotected spine surgeon receives more amount of radiation in comparison of the protected ones.

Palabras llave : radiation exposure; spine surgeon; spinal surgery; radiological protection; dosimeters.

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