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* 1. What trauma designation is your hospital?

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* 2. What type of practice do you have?

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* 3. What area of the country do you work?

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* 4. What best describes the location of your primary location ?

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* 5. Do you routinely place external fixators in your practice ?

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* 6. On average, about how many external fixators do you place per year?

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* 7. What is the most commonly used brand of external fixator used at your institution ?

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* 8. Does your radiology department allow MRIs in patients with external fixators?

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* 9. If yes to above, Is this dependent on location of ex fix in relation to MRI bore?

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* 10. Does your institution have an established policy for MRI requests
for patients in external fixators?

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* 11. Does your institution allow MRI requests for patient with INTERNAL metal implants ?

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* 12. On average, at your institution how many patients annually require MRIs that have existing external fixators?

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* 13. If any, which MRIs are permitted at your institution with an external
fixator in place?

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* 14. If not permitted, do you feel this interferes in patient care?

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* 15. Have you ever had a patient sustain a burn or any other injury/complication directly from MRI with Ex fix in place ?

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* 16. Do you think OTA should issue a position statement on the issue?

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