(1) Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, 02115, MA, USA;(2) Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02115, MA, USA;
Abstract:
Background
The purpose of this study was to estimate the cumulative radiation dose from computed tomography (CT) scans and upper gastrointestinal
fluoroscopic exams in the post-bariatric-surgery population and correlate these values with current concepts of potential
radiation-induced cancer risk.