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Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 455-459 , September 2007

Ionizing radiation absorption of vascular surgeons during endovascular procedures

Pei Ho, MBBS, FRCS(Edin)
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Stephen W.K. Cheng, MS, FRCS(Edin), FACS
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
- Reprint requests: Prof Stephen W. K. Cheng, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, K14S, 102 Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong SAR, China
P.M. Wu, MSc, MSocS, PhD
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Albert C.W. Ting, MS, FRCS(Edin)
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Jensen T.C. Poon, MBBS, FRCS(Edin)
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Clement K.M. Cheng, MSc, MInstP, CPhys, CSci
- Radiation Health Unit, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China.
Joseph H.M. Mok, BSc(Hons)
- Radiation Health Unit, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China.
M.S. Tsang, BSc(Hons), Mphil
- Radiation Health Unit, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China.

Received 20 January 2007 ,Accepted 10 April 2007.

Photograph shows a mobile lead shield being applied to shield operating surgeons from scattered radiation from the fluoroscopy machine.

Photograph shows a mobile lead shield being applied to shield operating surgeons from scattered radiation from the fluoroscopy machine.
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