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  • Title: Minimizing radiation injury and neoplastic effects during pediatric fluoroscopy: what should we know?
    Author: Wagner LK.
    Journal: Pediatr Radiol; 2006 Sep; 36 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):141-5. PubMed ID: 16862420.
    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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