TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient dose during therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure
AU - Hadjiconstanti, Anastasia C.
AU - Messaris, Gerasimos A.T.
AU - Thomopoulos, Konstantinos C.
AU - Panayiotakis, George S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/4/15
Y1 - 2017/4/15
N2 - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a standard technique for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the pancreas or bile ducts. The aim of this study was the measurement of the radiation dose to patients during therapeutic ERCP procedures, in order to estimate the patient effective dose (ED). Fifteen patients were studied using a fluoroscopy system equipped with automatic brightness control and pulse fluoroscopy mode. Fluoroscopy time (FT), cumulative dose (Ka, r) and air kerma-area product (PKA) were collected for ERCP procedures. The ED was calculated from PKA values. The FT was ranged from 0.68 to 5.57 min, with the mean value of 2.50 min; the Ka, r was ranged from 2.22 to 19.10 mGy, with the mean value of 7.71 mGy; and the PKA was ranged between 0.59 and 5.10 Gycm2, with the mean value of 2.03 Gycm2. The ED ranged from 0.11 to 0.97 mSv, whilst the mean and median ED values were 0.39 and 0.32 mSv, respectively. FT and radiation dose to the patients were either comparative or significantly lower than those previously reported.
AB - Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a standard technique for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the pancreas or bile ducts. The aim of this study was the measurement of the radiation dose to patients during therapeutic ERCP procedures, in order to estimate the patient effective dose (ED). Fifteen patients were studied using a fluoroscopy system equipped with automatic brightness control and pulse fluoroscopy mode. Fluoroscopy time (FT), cumulative dose (Ka, r) and air kerma-area product (PKA) were collected for ERCP procedures. The ED was calculated from PKA values. The FT was ranged from 0.68 to 5.57 min, with the mean value of 2.50 min; the Ka, r was ranged from 2.22 to 19.10 mGy, with the mean value of 7.71 mGy; and the PKA was ranged between 0.59 and 5.10 Gycm2, with the mean value of 2.03 Gycm2. The ED ranged from 0.11 to 0.97 mSv, whilst the mean and median ED values were 0.39 and 0.32 mSv, respectively. FT and radiation dose to the patients were either comparative or significantly lower than those previously reported.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85019141147
U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncw023
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncw023
M3 - Article
C2 - 26922783
AN - SCOPUS:85019141147
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 173
SP - 380
EP - 382
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
JF - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
IS - 4
M1 - ncw023
ER -
