Report on the radiation exposure in the Orthopedic and Traumatology surgical staff. Principles, legal framework and situational analysis in Argentina.
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https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2018.83.3.821Keywords:
radiation, orthopedic surgeryAbstract
Orthopedic surgery has significantly advanced in the past years along with image intensifier fluoroscopy in the operating room. The purpose of this report is to review biological principles of radiation, as well as the current legal framework and to outline the present situation in Argentina.
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