Background: Percutaneous vertebroplasy (PVP) might lead to significant radiation exposure to patients, operators,\nand operating room personnel. Therefore, radiation exposure is a concern. The aim of this study was to present a\nremote control cement delivery device and study whether it can reduce dose exposure to operators.\nMethods: After meticulous preoperative preparation, a series of 40 osteoporosis patients were treated with unilateral\napproach PVP using the new cement delivery device. We compared levels of fluoroscopic exposure to operator\nstanding on different places during operation. group A: operator stood about 4 meters away from X-ray tube behind\nthe lead sheet. group B: operator stood adjacent to patient as using conventional manual cement delivery device.\nResults: During whole operation process, radiation dose to the operator (group A) was 0.10 Ã?± 0.03 (0.07-0.15) Ã?µSv,\ngroup B was 12.09 Ã?± 4.67 (10ââ?¬â??20) Ã?µSv. a difference that was found to be statistically significant (P less than 0.001) between\ngroup A and group B.\nConclusion: New cement delivery device plus meticulous preoperative preparation can significantly decrease radiation\ndose to operators.
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