title: Airport metal detectors and orthopaedic implants.
abstract: A total of 18 subjects with a variety of orthopaedic implants and volunteers with the same but exteriorly fixed implants were examined by security staff of an airport using arch and hand-held detectors. All the implants activated the metal arch detectors but a small number of these activated the alarm threshold. The hand-held detectors alarmed overall superficial implants. For all these reasons it is therefore imperative that each patient carry a suitable certificate in order to avoid searching.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Charitidis
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Petalotidis
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Kalaidopoulos
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Theologou
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tsakonas
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008670:Metals
chemical_list: D008670:Metals