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Minimizing radiation injury and neoplastic effects during pediatric fluoroscopy: what should we know?

Author: Louis Kenneth Wagner

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Special Issue 2/2006

Abstract

Radiation-induced injuries from fluoroscopic procedures in pediatric patients have occurred, and young patients are at greatest risk of many radiation-induced neoplasms. Some fluoroscopists have been injured from their use of fluoroscopy, and they are known to be at risk of radiation-induced neoplasm when radiation is not well-controlled. This article reviews the circumstances that lead to radiation injury and delineates some procedural methods to avoid injury and limit radiation exposure to both the patient and the fluoroscopist.

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Title: Minimizing radiation injury and neoplastic effects during pediatric fluoroscopy: what should we know?
Author: Louis Kenneth Wagner
Publication date: 01-09-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue Special Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0187-1

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