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- Title
Letter to the Editor concerning "The effect of patient positioning on the relative position of the aorta to the thoracic spine" by Plataniotis N, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5812-9).
- Authors
Ersen, Omer; Ozsezen, Ahmet Metin; Ege, Tolga
- Abstract
We recently read with great interest the article titled "The effect of patient positioning on relative position of the aorta to the thoracic spine" by Plataniotis et al. Plataniotis et al. were applied three scans for each patient with low back pain, and in our opinion, this is controversial to radiation safety policy.
- Subjects
THORACIC vertebrae; THORACIC aorta; SPINE; LUMBAR pain; AORTA; PATIENT positioning; SPINAL fusion; CHEST (Anatomy)
- Publication
European Spine Journal, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 10, p2427
- ISSN
0940-6719
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00586-019-06009-x