Report on the radiation exposure in the Orthopedic and Traumatology surgical staff. Principles, legal framework and situational analysis in Argentina.

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Mauro Rafael Vivas
Horacio Sixto Herrera
Juan Pablo Guyot
Maria Gala Santini Araujo
Bibiana Dello Russo
Jorge Castellini

Abstract

 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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Vivas, M. R., Herrera, H. S., Guyot, J. P., Santini Araujo, M. G., Dello Russo, B., & Castellini, J. (2018). Report on the radiation exposure in the Orthopedic and Traumatology surgical staff. Principles, legal framework and situational analysis in Argentina. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 83(3), 210-213. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2018.83.3.821
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Artículo Especial
Author Biographies

Mauro Rafael Vivas, Hospital Zonal Dr. Eduardo Wilde

CoordinadorDepartamento de Cirugia reconstructiva Hopital Dr. Eduardo WildeMiembro Titular ASAMI Argentina

Horacio Sixto Herrera, Hospital Aleman

Cirugía de Pie, Cirugia Artroscopica, Medicina Deportiva

Juan Pablo Guyot, Hospital Universitario Austral Fundación Favaloro

Especialista en Cirugía de Columna

Maria Gala Santini Araujo, Hospital Italiano Bs.AS.

Medicina y Cirugía de Pie y Tobillo

Bibiana Dello Russo, Hospital Nacional de pediatría Prof. J.P. Garrahan

Jefa de Clinica de Hosptial Garraham

Jorge Castellini, Atencion Privada

Especialista de Pierna, Pie y Tobillo

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