Analysis of intraoperative radiation exposure in paediatric orthopaedic and trauma patients: a comparative cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To reliably analyse the intraoperative radiation exposure in paediatric orthopaedic trauma surgery (POTS).

Design

Retrospective, comparative cohort study.

Setting

Single-centre, academic tertiary referral hospital.

Participants

2271 surgical cases of 1965 paediatric patients (median age 9 years (IQR, 6 to 12), 41% female) who underwent orthopaedic trauma surgery between 2016 and 2021.

Main outcome measures

Radiation exposure was measured as dose area product (DAP, cGycm²) from intraoperative dose reports and categorised by anatomical region. Subsequently, factors in relation to one preoperative image of the region (rDAP) and in relation to a weight-corrected chest x-ray (rDAP chest) were calculated. Further, effective dose (µSv) was

SUBMITTER: Kriechling P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12542719 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature