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Fluoroscopy is primary tool for pain procedure imaging. With its use comes significant risk of radiation injury. Understanding several basic radiation principles and then reviewing with your OR staff will yield enormous benefit. Lastly, by reducing exposure to the patient, the physician and staff will also benefit from exposure diminution. This chapter examines risk and associated strategy to reduce dose and thus risk for yourself, your patients and your staff.
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Porter McRoberts, W. (2017). Radiologic Safety in Interventional Spine and Pain Medicine. In: Pope, J., Deer, T. (eds) Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6976-0_26
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