Pelvis and hips Flashcards
What projections for femur?
Antero-posterior Femur Lateral Femur (HBL)
How do you do a AP femur
Patient core position:
Patient lying supine on x-ray table with leg extended.
Positioning criteria:
Posterior aspect of femur in contact with image receptor.
Femoral condyles should be equidistant from the image receptor
Centring:
To the middle of the receptor with a VCR.
Collimation:
Collimate to include knee joint and and much femur as possible and lateral soft tissue margins. Knee up PLUS overlapping Hip down projections may be required.
Other info:
100/115cm SID.
Lateral femur (HBL)
Patient core position:
Patient lying supine on x-ray table with leg extended.
Positioning criteria:
Patient then turns onto affected side so that Lateral aspect of affected femur is in contact with image receptor, with knee flexed and other limb separated.
Femoral condyles should be superimposed with respect to the IR.
Centring:
To the middle of the IR with a VCR.
Collimation:
Collimate to include from knee to hip joint and lateral soft tissue margins. Knee up PLUS overlapping Hip down projections may be required.
Other info:
100/115cm SID.
LMP/ Pregnancy Rule
Women of ‘child-bearing capacity’
When the ‘beam lays in or near the uterus’
Pregnancy status prior to examination
The 28 day rule is normally used.
Could be over-ruled in significant trauma (life-threatening injuries.)
Projections for pelvis?
AP Pelvis
AP Both Hips
AP Single Hip
What makes up the pelvis girdle?
Innominate bones (2).
Sacrum – part of the vertebral column.
Coccyx – part of the vertebral column.
What forms the The Innominate Bone of the pelvis?
Ilium (top bit)
Ischium (lateral)
Pubis (medial)
What is the acetabulum?
The acetabulum is a cup-shaped hollow in the pelvis into which the head of the femur (thigh bone) fits to form a ball and socket joint
Made up from all the bones of the pelvis
What does ASIS mean and where/what is it?
The anterior superior iliac spine
below the iliac crest
What does psis mean and where/what is it?
posterior superior iliac spine
On the posterior side where it joins the spine
Where is the iliac crest?
Top round part of the iliac bone
What does SIJ?
Sacroiliac Joint
What is the Obturator Foramen?
The hole in the pelvis
- superior pubic ramus
- inferior pubic ramus
- superior pubic ramus (above the hole)
- inferior pubic ramus (medial low bit of the bone by the hole)
What is the Symphysis Pubis?
The middle bit between the pubis, cartilaginous joint in the median plane
on the anterior side of the pelvis
Where is the coccyx?
The last bit of the spine