RT Book, Section
A1 English, Joy L.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1154630915
T1 Special Imaging Techniques
T2 Simon's Emergency Orthopedics, 8e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860829
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1154630915
RD 2024/04/24
AB Plain  radiographs  are  a  sufficient  adjunct  to  the  history  and  physical  examination  for  the  evaluation  of  most  acute  extremity  complaints.  It  must  be  stressed  that  this  statement  is  true  assuming  that  the  quality  of  views  is  adequate.  A  minimum  of  two  perpendicular  views  are  required  to  adequately  visualize  and  describe  fractures.  Oblique  views  are  commonly  included  when  imaging  the  small  joint  of  the  wrist,  hand,  ankle,  and  foot.  In  addition,  radiographs  of  the  joints  above  and  below  a  fracture  should  be  considered  to  exclude  the  presence  of  a  subluxation,  dislocation,  or  second  fracture.