Radiation protection measures to reduce the eye lens dose in spinal surgery

Jan-Helge Klingler; Herbert Hoedlmoser; Yashar Naseri

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2021.04.002

Radiation protection measures to reduce the eye lens dose in spinal surgery

Spine J. 2021 Aug;21(8):1243-1245. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Authors

Jan-Helge Klingler¹, Herbert Hoedlmoser², Yashar Naseri³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address: jan-helge.klingler@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
² Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Individual Monitoring Service, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

PMID: 33865983
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.04.002

Abstract

The annual limit value for the eye lens dose for occupationally exposed personnel has recently been considerably reduced from 150mSv to 20mSv. We have therefore re-evaluated the effectiveness of radiation protection measures (lead glass goggles, mobile radiation shielding wall and distance to the radiation source) in an experimental setting to provide spinal surgeons with clearly understandable radiation dose data for their daily work.

MeSH terms

Humans
Lens, Crystalline*
Occupational Exposure* / adverse effects
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Exposure* / analysis
Radiation Protection*
Surgeons*