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Is there a difference in radiation dose between diagnostic and therapeutic procedures?

April 26, 2017diagnostic difference dose procedures radiation therapeutic

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Is there a difference in radiation dose between diagnostic and therapeutic procedures?

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Yes, the screening times and thus the doses will generally be higher for therapeutic procedures like stent insertion, stricture dilatation, stone extraction, lithotripsy, needle knife sphincterotomy, multiple wire use as compared to diagnostic fluoroscopies.