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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 64, Issue 5, Pages 567-572Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.06.016
Keywords
Endovascular surgery; Eye lens dose; Radiation protection
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- German official individual monitoring service (IMS) Mirion Technologies (AWST) GmbH
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This study evaluated radiation exposure to the eye lens of operators working in a hybrid operating room before and after implementation of a dose reduction program. The results showed that the implementation of the program led to a significant reduction in radiation exposure to the head and eye lens of the first operator in endovascular procedures.
Objective: Radiation cataract has been observed at lower doses than previously thought, therefore the annual limit for equivalent dose to the eye lens has been reduced from 150 to 20 mSv. This study evaluated radiation exposure to the eye lens of operators working in a hybrid operating room before and after implementation of a dose reduction program. Methods: From April to October 2019, radiation exposure to the first operator was measured during all consecutive endovascular procedures performed in the hybrid operating room using BeOSL H-p(3) eye lens dosimeters placed both outside and behind the lead glasses (0.75 mm lead equivalent). Measured values were compared with data from a historic control group from the same hospital before implementation of the dose reduction program. Results: A total of 181 consecutive patients underwent an endovascular procedure in the hybrid operating room. The median unprotected eye lens dose (outside lead glasses) of the main operator was 0.049 mSv for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) (n 1/4 30), 0.042 mSv for thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) (n 1/4 23), 0.175 mSv for complex aortic fenestrated or branched endovascular procedures (F/BEVAR; n 1/4 15), and 0.042 mSv for peripheral interventions (n 1/4 80). Compared with the control period, EVAR had 75% lower, TEVAR 79% lower, and F/BEVAR 55% lower radiation exposure to the unprotected eye lens of the first operator. The lead glasses led to a median reduction in the exposure to the eye lens by a factor of 3.4. Conclusion: The implementation of a dose reduction program led to a relevant reduction in radiation exposure to the head and eye lens of the first operator in endovascular procedures. With optimum radiation protection measures, including a ceiling mounted shield and lead glasses, more than 440 EVARs, 280 TEVARs, or 128 FEVARs could be performed per year before the dose limit for the eye lens of 20 mSv was reached.
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