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Sencan, Savas |
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Giray, Esra |
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Ulutatar, Firat |
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Gunduz, Osman Hakan |
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2022-03-08T09:40:53Z |
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2022-03-08T09:40:53Z |
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2019 |
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Sencan, S., Giray, E., Ulutatar, F., & Hakan Gunduz, O. (2021). Does obesity have an impact on the radiation exposure during lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections? Retrospective study . Annals of Medical Research |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11616/54734 |
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Aim: To find out whether obesity or injection level have an impact on the amount of radiation exposure during fluoroscopy-guided lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs).Material and Methods: Patients aged 19-65 years who underwent lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injection were retrospectively reviewed. Eighty-three patients with a mean age of 42.7±13.2 (19-65) years with signs and symptoms of unilateral lumbar radicular pain due to single level disc herniation were included. Subjects were categorized as normal weighted (18.5≤body mass index (BMI) ≤ 24.9), overweighed (25≤BMI30) and obese (BMI≥30) according to World Health Organization BMI criteria. All patients were given unilateral TFESIs, including39 (47%) L5, and 44 (53%) S1 level. Radiation exposure dose and procedure time was automatically measured by fluoroscope.Results: Radiation dosage increased significantly with increasing BMI (p=0.0001). No statistically significant differences were found when three groups’ procedure durations and NRS scores were compared (>0.05). The radiation dosages and procedure durations between the two different injection levels (L5 and S1) were not found to be statistically significant (>0.05). Conclusion: Obesity is associated with increased radiation exposure independent of procedure duration and the injection level. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Does obesity have an impact on the radiation exposure during lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections? Retrospective study |
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article |
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Annals of Medical Research |
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dc.contributor.department |
İnönü Üniversitesi |
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