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Surgeon's and Patient's Radiation Exposure Through Vertebral Body Cement Augmentation Procedures: A Prospective Multicentric Study of 49 Cases.

World Neurosurgery 2016 September
OBJECTIVE: Vertebral body cement augmentation as a treatment option for osteoporotic or traumatic fractures has become increasingly popular during the past decade. However, these surgical procedures require numerous fluoroscopic examinations, resulting in high radiation exposure for the patient and the surgical team. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of radiation exposure of the spine surgeon and the patient during these percutaneous procedures.

METHODS: Forty-nine patients admitted for single- or 2-level vertebral compression fracture were prospectively included and treated with vertebral body cement augmentation. For each procedure, radiation dose was measured on the surgeon's whole body, lens, and extremities as well as patient irradiation. Each surgeon wore 2 thermoluminescent dosimeters to measure lens and extremities radiation exposure and 1 electronic personal dosimeter. Patient clinical and surgical data, effective dose to patient, and surgeon were analyzed.

RESULTS: Mean operative time was 31.5 ± 11.7 minutes. The average fluoroscopic time was 61.0 ± 27.1 seconds. The average whole-body radiation dose per procedure was 1.4 ± 2.1 μSv. The average equivalent dose to lens and extremities were 44 μSv and 59 μSv, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Values of radiation doses for surgeon and patient were lower than those reported in the previous literature. The recommended annual dose limit is set to 500 mSv for extremities and 150 mSv for lens. According to our results, the exposure dose to the eye exceeds the annual limit after 3500 procedures. However, there is increasing concern among surgeons about radiation exposure, and there is still a need for solutions as preventive measures.

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