The Scoliosis Quandary: Are Radiation Exposures From Repeated X-Rays Harmful?
X-rays have been the gold standard for diagnosis, evaluation, and management of spinal scoliosis for decades as other assessment methods are indirect, too expensive, or not practical in practice. The average scoliosis patient will receive 10 to 25 spinal X-rays over several years equating to a maxim...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-06-01
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Series: | Dose-Response |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325819852810 |