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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Scapular Outlet View



- See: Radiographic Studies for Impingement Syndrome

- Discussion:
    - used in the impingement patient to evaluate the subacromial space and the supraspinatus outlet from lateral view;

- Technique:
    - position the patient for a scapular lateral view and tip the beam caudally 5 to 10 degrees;



The profile view of the acromion.



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.