the risk of radiation exposure to the eyes of the interventional pain physician辐射暴露的风险介入的眼睛疼痛医生.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Radiology Research and Practice Volume 2011, Article ID 609537, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2011/609537 Review Article The Risk of Radiation Exposure to the Eyes of the Interventional Pain Physician David E. Fish,1 Andrew Kim,2 Christopher Ornelas,2 Sungchan Song,2 and Sanjog Pangarkar2 1 UCLA Medical Center, 1245 16th Street, Suite 220, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA 2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine Division, West Los Angeles Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, UCLA, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA Correspondence should be addressed to David E. Fish, dfish@ Received 1 December 2010; Revised 16 February 2011; Accepted 8 March 2011 Academic Editor: Paul E. Sijens Copyright © 2011 David E. Fish et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. It is widely accepted that the use of medical imaging continues to grow across the globe as does the concern for radiation safety. The danger of lens opacities and cataract formation related to radiation exposure is well documented in the medical literature. However, there continues to be controversy regarding actual dose thresholds of radiation exposure and whether these thresholds are still relevant to cataract formation. Eye safety and the risk involved for the interventional pain physician is not entirely clear. Given the available literature on measured radiation exposure to the interventionist, and the controversy regarding dose thresholds, it is our current recommendation that the interventional pain physician use shielded eyewear. As the breadth of interventional procedures con