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C-Arm

C-Arm Fluoroscope · Mobile C-Arm · Fluoroscopy · Fluoro · Image Intensifier · Mini C-Arm

A mobile x-ray machine with a C-shaped arm: the x-ray tube at one end and the image intensifier (detector) at the other. A separate cart with one or two monitors shows the images.

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On the table

What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.

  • What it’s for

    Gives real-time x-ray images during surgery. The C-arm is moved so the OR table sits between the tube and the intensifier, and it can slide along the table for multiple views. Used for fracture fixation, spine levels and screw placement, cholangiograms, angiographyan-jee-OG-ruh-feeAn imaging test that shows blood vessels by injecting a contrast dye and taking x-ray, CT or MRI pictures.angi/o vessel-graphy process of recordingFull entry and other cases needing live imaging; it has replaced portable x-ray machines in many hospitals.

  • Lengths and variants

    Standard mobile C-arms; robotic and 3-D C-arms; the O-arm gives 360-degree 3-D images for spine surgery.

  • What experienced techs know

    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

Through the case

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  • During the case

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  1. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 6 (Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures), p. 76
  2. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 7 (Environmental Hazards), p. 93
  3. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 22 (General Surgery), p. 521
  4. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 29 (Orthopedic Surgery), p. 765
  5. Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 21 (Neurosurgery), p. 781

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