From: Comparative study between radiation exposure in common urological procedures
Dose | Procedure | p value | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ESWL | URS | PCNL | ||||||
Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | |||
Surgeon | 10 μSv or less | 31 | 64.6% | 15 | 31.3% | 2 | 4.2% | 0.001 |
More than 10 μSv | 2 | 3.9% | 18 | 35.3% | 31 | 60.8% | ||
Assistant | 10 μSv or less | 33 | 58.9% | 20 | 35.7% | 3 | 5.4% | 0.001 |
More than 10 μSv | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 30.2% | 30 | 69.8% | ||
Nurse | 10 μSv or less | 33 | 57.9% | 21 | 36.8% | 3 | 5.3% | 0.001 |
More than 10 μSv | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 28.6% | 30 | 71.4% |