- Discussion:
- used in the instability patient to visulaize the anterior/inferior glenoid
rim for fractures or calcification following
dislocation;
- Technique:
- patient is seated with the arm at the side;
- cassette is placed posterior, parallel to the spine of the scapula
- beam is directed thru the glenohumeral joint toward the cassette
at angle of 45 deg degrees to the plane of the thorax, and
directed 45 deg caudally;
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Roentgenographic demonstration of instability of the shoulder: the apical
oblique projection.
A technical note.
JBJS.
66-A: 1450-1453, Dec. 1984.
