title: Skin injuries caused by fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures: case-based review and self-assessment module.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures are performed in cardiology, and complex interventions are performed in cerebral as well as peripheral circulation. These procedures sometimes deliver a high radiation dose to the patient's skin and can cause serious skin injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventionalists are often unaware of the high radiation doses to which a patient's skin may be subjected. Most are unaware that such injuries can occur even with the use of modern equipment. Therefore, they and other physicians, including dermatologists, often do not recognize such skin injuries as being related to an interventional procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Chigasaki Chuoh, Tsuzuki-ku, Kanagawa, Japan. ukisu@med.showa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ryutarou
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ukisu
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kushihashi
authors.forename: Inketsu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects*