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Gonadal Radiation Exposure and Risk Secondary to Fluoroscopic Imaging During Trauma Surgery

NCT02267330 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 135

Last updated 2023-11-03

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Summary

The aim of this cohort study is to precisely measure patients' exposure to gonadal radiation during orthopaedic trauma surgery involving the acetabulum, pelvis, hip, and femur, and to apply these findings to a previously described and validated formula to determine the increased risk of future adverse health effects to the reproductive organs.

The investigators null hypothesis is standard of care use of x-ray fluoroscopy during treatment of pelvis, hip, and femur fractures will not expose patients to a significant gonadal radiation load. Analysis of patients' intraoperative radiation doses by means of a previously validated formula will not display a significantly increased risk of adverse health events in the reproductive organs.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures
  • Femur Fractures
  • Acetabular Fractures
  • Pelvic Injuries

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Exposure Recording

Patient undergoing fracture surgery will have radiation exposure recorded

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Higgins, M.D. · University of Utah

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
88 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

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