Tristan Duguay, Victor Housset, Pierre Alban Bouche, Alexandre Hardy, Thomas Bauer
INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous forefoot surgery has been associated with higher radiation exposure than the conventional approach. However, there is little data on forefoot surgery using a mini C-arm intensifier. We, therefore, conducted a prospective study to 1) evaluate the intraoperative radiation received by the surgeon during percutaneous forefoot surgery with a mini C-arm, 2) compare the radiation received by the surgeon with the guidelines for occupational exposure issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (20 millisieverts per year [mSv/year] for the whole body, 500 mSv/year for the hands, and 20 mSv/year for the lens of the eye), and 3) compare the radiation received during percutaneous forefoot surgery with that of the open approach, which has already been reported in the literature...
October 11, 2023: Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Surgery & Research: OTSR