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Table 2 Fluoroscopy time, success rate, and complications with and without the passive robotic device

From: Reduction of operator radiation exposure using a passive robotic device during fluoroscopy-guided arterial puncture: an experimental study in a swine model

 

Without device (n = 15)

With device (n = 15)

Fluoroscopy time (min, mean ± SD)

4.5 ± 0.15*

4.3 ± 0.11*

Success rate

15/15 (100%, 95% CI 0.78–1.00)

15/15 (100%, 95% CI 0.78–1.00)

Complications

2 haematomas

2 dissections

2 dissections

  1. SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval
  2. *p = 0.002