IR Size: 10x12 Bucky (longer for appliances)
SID: 40''
• =Pt supine
• (If no suspected Fx) Medially rotate limb 15°-20°
• _|_ femoral neck (2.5'' distal from line of ASIS & pubic sym.)
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• Femoral neck & greater trochanter in profile
• SI of Less Trochanter over Proximal 1/3 of Femur
• Femoral head, penetrated & seen through the acetabulum
• Regions of the ilium & pubic bones adjoining the pubic symphysis
• Entire long axis of the femoral neck not foreshortened
• Proximal one third of the femur
• Any orthopedic appliance in its entirety
IR Size: 10x12 Bucky CW (longer for appliances)
SID: 40''
• =Pt supine
• Hip & knee Flexed, foot rest against opposite extended knee
• Slightly oblique pt to get knee || to table
• Lauenstein _|_ hip joint (1/2 way ASIS&pubic sym.); Hickey 20°-25° cephalad to hip joint
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• Hip joint & relation of femoral head to acetabulum
• Lauenstein-femoral neck SI greater notch
• Hickey-fem neck free of SI
• Hip joint centered
• Femoral neck overlapped by the greater trochanter in the Lauenstein method
IR Size: 10x12 _|_ with table
SID: 40''
• Commonly used if possible hip Fx
• =Pt supine
• Flex unaffected hip and knee & place on support
• IR upper border in crease of iliac crest.
• _|_ long axis of femoral neck
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• Hip joint with acetabulum
• Ischial tuberosity below femoral head
• NO SI of Femoral neck with the greater trochanter
• Small amount of the lesser trochanter on the posterior surface of the femur
• Small amount of greater trochanter on anterior & posterior surfaces of proximal femur when the femur is properly inverted
• ST shadow of unaffected thigh not SI over hip joint or proximal femur
