Airport metal detectors and orthopaedic implants.
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.
Charitidis
J C
JC
Orthopaedic Department, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Petalotidis
G A
GA
Kalaidopoulos
P P
PP
Theologou
K D
KD
Tsakonas
A C
AC
D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008670:Metals
D008670:Metals