title: Evaluation of occupational and patient radiation doses in orthopedic surgery.
abstract: This study intends to measure the radiation dose to patients and staff during (i) Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) and (ii) Dynamic Cannula Screw (DCS) and to evaluate entrance surface Air kerma (ESAK) dose and organ doses and effective doses. Calibrated Thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD-GR200A) were used. The mean patients' doses were 0.46mGy and 0.07mGy for DHS and DCS procedures, respectively. The mean staff doses at the thyroid and chest were 4.69mGy and 1.21mGy per procedure. The mean organ and effective dose for patients and staff were higher in DHS compared to DCS. Orthopedic surgeons were exposed to unnecessary radiation doses due to the lack of protection measures. The radiation dose per hip procedure is within the safety limit and less than the previous studies.
authors.affiliation: Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 422, Alkharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; College of Medical Radiologic Sciences, Sudan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1908, Khartoum, Sudan. Electronic address: abdelmoneim_a@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sulieman
authors.affiliation: Radiological Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alzimami
authors.affiliation: College of Medical Radiologic Sciences, Sudan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1908, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Habeeballa
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.affiliation: College of Medical Radiologic Sciences, Sudan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 1908, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abdelaziz
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Prince Sultan Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.affiliation: Radiation safety institute, Sudan Atomic Energy Comission, Khartoum, Sudan; Radiometrics Section, International Atomic Energy Agency Environment Laboratories, 4, Quai Antoine 1er, 98000 Monaco.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sam
keywords: Occupational exposure; Patient dose; Radiation dosimetry; TLD