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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Main Authors: Paul A. Oakley DC, MSc, Niousha Navid Ehsani MD, Deed E. Harrison DC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325819852810