Open AccessASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DOSES RECEIVED BY PATIENTS DURING ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY ACCORDING TO DISEASE LOCATION
Author(s) -
Luis Alberto Corona Martínez,
Benito Velayos Jiménez,
María Begoña Prieto Moreno
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7335/2020
Subject(s) - endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , medicine , radiology , disease , radiation exposure , general surgery , nuclear medicine , surgery , pancreatitis
patients are exposed to ionizing radiation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Radiation dose depends on multiple factors. The goal of this study was to assess fluoroscopy time (FT), radiation doses and effective dose (ED) during ERCP according to the condition being treated.