Estimating the Radiation Dose to the Fetus in Prophylactic Internal Iliac Artery Balloon Occlusion: Three Cases

Table 6

Summary of studies of the fetal radiation dose from prophylactic balloon catheterization.

Reference	Year	Patients ()	Occlusion site	Fetal radiation dose (mGy)
Levine et al. [6]	1999	9	Internal iliac () and uterine () arteries	61 (median of 9 cases)
Bodner et al. [7]	2006	3	Internal iliac arteries	32 (mean of 3 cases)
Yi et al. [8]	2010	1	Internal iliac arteries	55
This study	2013	3	Internal iliac arteries	21 (mean of 3 cases)