Upper Extremity - Elbow Flashcards
Views of Elbow?
AP
Lateral
AP with internal oblique
AP with external oblique
AP Elbow: Film Size?
10 x 12 / HALF
PAIR WITH LATERAL ELBOW
AP Elbow: Film Placement?
Transverse
AP Elbow: Central Ray?
vertical CR to elbow joint, horizontal to mid film
AP Elbow: Patient Placement?
extend elbow to comfort
AP Elbow: Collimate?
10 x 6
AP Elbow: Helps View?
Lateral and Medial Epicondyle, Olecranon Process, Lateral Condyle (Capitulum), Medial Condyle (Trochlea), Radial Head
Lateral Elbow: Film Size?
10 x 12 / HALF
PAIR WITH AP ELBOW
Lateral Elbow: Film Placement?
Transverse
Lateral Elbow: Central Ray?
vertical CR to elbow joint, horizontal to mid film
Lateral Elbow: Patient Placement?
flex elbow 90 degrees with forearm in a true lateral position (thumb up)
Lateral Elbow: Collimate?
10 x 6
Lateral Elbow: Helps View?
Epicondyles Superimposed, Condyles Superimposed, Olecranon Process, Trochlear Notch, Coronoid Process (ulna), Radial Head, Radial Neck, Radial Tuberosity
AP with Internal Oblique: Film Size?
10 x 12
AP with Internal Oblique: Film Placement?
Transverse
AP with Internal Oblique: Central Ray?
vertical CR to elbow joint, horizontal to mid film
AP with Internal Oblique: Placement?
elbow centered to film AP, hand pronated (only hand, not whole arm)
AP with Internal Oblique: Collimate?
8 x 10
AP with Internal Oblique: Helps View?
Coronoid Process (ulna)
AP with External Oblique: Film Size?
10 x 12
AP with External Oblique: Film Placement?
Transverse
AP with External Oblique: Central Ray?
vertical CR to elbow joint, horizontal to mid film
AP with External Oblique: Patient Placement?
elbow centered to film AP, hand supinated, elbow laterally rotated 45 degrees so there is a wedge on medial side / if trauma, use 45 degree lateral tube tilt
AP with External Oblique: Collimate?
8x10
AP with External Oblique: Helps View?
radial head
