Kayo Inaguma, Toshiaki Kotani, Shunji Kishida, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Keisuke Ueno, Yasushi Iijima, Daisuke Kajiwara, Kohei Okuyama, Kotaro Sakashita, Shun Okuwaki, Shiho Nakano, Noritaka Suzuki, Shun Nokariya, Ryo Umeda, Tsutomu Akazawa, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Shohei Minami, Yasuchika Aoki, Seiji Ohtori
INTRODUCTION: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in orthopedics, but orthopedic surgeons, including spine surgeons, do not have detailed knowledge of MRI-related accidents. We, as orthopedic surgeons, investigated the details of medical accidents related to ferromagnetic objects brought into the MRI room using a national multicenter database. METHODS: We conducted an exploratory analysis of accidents involving MRI ferromagnets based on the Japanese database of adverse medical occurrences...
January 27, 2023: Spine surgery and related research