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Table 5 Association between type of surgery and dose level among staff personnel

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%