Lack of Radiation Protection for Endoscopists Performing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography | Zendy

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Lack of Radiation Protection for Endoscopists Performing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Author(s) -

Byoung Kwan Son,

Kyu Taek Lee,

Jae J. Kim,

Seung Ok Lee

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

korean journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2233-6869

pISSN - 1598-9992

DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2011.58.2.93

Subject(s) - medicine , lead apron , radiation protection , fluoroscopy , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , radiation exposure , radiation dose , medical physics , surgery , radiology , general surgery , nuclear medicine , pancreatitis

ERCP using fluoroscopy should be practiced with an adequate radiation protection. However, the awareness of gastrointestinal endoscopists to radiation protection was considered insufficient. In Korea, a country with a rapid increase the number of ERCP procedures, there is no data about radiation protection practices for gastrointestinal endoscopists. The purpose of this study was to investigate current clinical practices and the awareness on radiation protection in ERCP performing physicians in Korea.

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