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Table 3 Distribution of fluoroscopy use frequency and offspring sex

From: The hidden risk of ionizing radiation in the operating room: a survey among 258 orthopaedic surgeons in Brazil

Surgeries that requires fluoroscopy per week per surgeon

Number of Participants

Offspring sex

p-value

Male

Female

Less than 1 surgery

7

4

1

0.19

1 surgery

25

6

6

0.96

2 surgeries

44

23

21

0.83

3 surgeries

54

26

18

0.27

4 surgeries

66

29

32

0.62

5 surgeries

35

11

16

0.62

More than 5

27

10

12

0.30

Total

258

109

106

 
  1. *statistically significant: p-value < 0.05