title: Radiation dosage during AO locking femoral nailing.
abstract: Radiation dosages to both the patient and the surgeon were measured during 10 consecutive AO locking nail procedures. The total screening time for each procedure averaged 12 min 8 s; the average screening time for distal locking was 6 min 52 s. Radiation dosages to surgeons' hands, thyroid and gonads and to the patients were well within permitted safety levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Sugarman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Bunker
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors