AP/PA oblique lumbar Flashcards
How much is the patient oblique for this image?
45 degrees
How much obliquity is needed to best demonstrate the L5-S1 zygapophyseal joint?
30-60 degrees
What is the central ray location?
L3, 2” medial to elevated ASIS
What is the preferred breathing instruction?
Suspend after expiration
What structures are best demonstrated in RPO?
Right zygo
What structures are best demonstrated in LPO
Left zygo
What structures are best demonstrated in RAO?
Left zygo
What structures are best demonstrated in LAO?
Right zygo
How can you determine that you are correctly obliqued? Be specific
Nose of scotty dog anterior 3rd of the vertebral body. If nose sticks out, the patient is under rotated. Pedicle should be in center of vertebral body
If the intervertebral disk spaces are not open, what positioning error occurred?
Back is not straight