Radiation dosage during AO locking femoral nailing.
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.
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Department of Orthopaedics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
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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