Open AccessRADIATION PROTECTION IN COMPLEX ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
Author(s) -
Bryce Renwick,
Nimra Zaidi,
Marta J Madurska,
Khalid Irshad,
Donald Bain,
Donald B. Reid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of surgery and medicine/international journal of surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-7414
pISSN - 2367-699X
DOI - 10.5455/ijsm.endovascular-radiation
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation protection , radiation , nuclear medicine , medical physics , optics , physics
Endovascular procedures are becoming more complex and intricate as technology evolves. This is very favourable for patients, who can have mora advanced procedures performed with minimal morbidity and mortality. However these advances come at the cost of increased radiation dosage to the operating surgeon, interventionist and angiosuite team. We present a review article of the current problems facing the interventional team and of possible solutions