Femur and Pelvic Girdle

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Chapter 5

Femur and Pelvic Girdle

Femur and Pelvic Girdle

Radiation Protection

AP Femur*

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Note: For adults, a second smaller IR of either the hip or the knee should be taken on trauma patients to demonstrate both knee and hip joints to rule out possible fractures.

AP Bilateral Hips*

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Warning: Do not attempt to rotate leg if fracture is suspected. Take “as is” bilateral hips for comparison purposes.

Note: For AP pelvis centering, see p. 291 in text.

Lateral Hip (Nontrauma)*

(Unilateral “Frog-Leg”)

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Warning: Do not attempt with possible fracture of hip area.

AP Pelvis*

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To include proximal femora, pelvic girdle, sacrum, and coccyx

Warning: Do not attempt to rotate legs if fractures involving hips are suspected.

Note: For bilateral hips centering, see p. 291.

AP Axial Pelvis*

Acetabulum—Posterior Oblique Pelvis*

(Judet Method)

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Note: Both sides generally are taken for comparison, either both for upside or both for downside.

Pediatric AP and Lateral Hips*

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Warning: Do not attempt “frog-leg” lat. with possible hip pathology unless so indicated by a physician after review of AP pelvis radiograph.