UpperExtremity - Wrist Flashcards
Wrist Views?
PA
PA Oblique
Lateral
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion (not standard)
PA Wrist: Film Size?
10 x 12 / ONE THIRD
Pair with PA Oblique and Lateral Wrist
PA Wrist: Film Placement?
Transverse
PA Wrist: Central Ray?
vertical CR to center of part, horizontal to mid film
PA Wrist: Patient Placement?
palm down with a relaxed fist, knuckles to top edge of film
PA Wrist: Collimate?
10 x 4
PA Wrist: Helps View?
carpal bones
PA Oblique Wrist: Film Size?
10 x 12 / ONE THIRD
Pair with PA and Lateral Wrist
PA Oblique Wrist: Film Placement?
Transverse
PA Oblique Wrist: Central Ray?
vertical CR to center of part, horizontal to mid film
PA Oblique Wrist: Patient Placement?
from a PA position supinate wrist 45 degrees / wedge on medial side
PA Oblique Wrist: Collimate?
10 x 4
PA Oblique Wrist: Helps View?
metacarpal, trapezium, radiocarpal joint, ulnar styloid
Lateral Wrist: Film Size?
10 x 12 / ONE THIRD
Pair with PA and PA Oblique Wrist
Lateral Wrist: Film Placement?
Transverse
Lateral Wrist: Central Ray?
vertical CR to center of part, horizontal to mid film
Lateral Wrist: Patient Placement?
wrist in true lateral position with the ulna touching the film (thumb up)
Lateral Wrist: Collimate?
10 x 4
Lateral Wrist: Helps View?
radiocarpal joint, ulna and radius superimposed
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Film Size?
10x12
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Film Placement?
Transverse
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Central Ray?
vertical CR on scaphoid, horizontal to mid film
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Patient Placement?
patient must be seated at end of table, hand in PA position with ulnar deviation
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Collimate?
3x3 (to part)
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Tube Tilt?
20 degrees cephalic (up the arm)
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: Helps View?
radiocarpal joint, ulna and radius superimposed
PA Wrist with Ulnar Flexion: What needs to happen before you perform this view?
HIS VIEW IS NOT PERFORMED WITHOUT FIRST DOING A WRIST SERIES
MEASURE THE SID
