FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PATELLA

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FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PATELLA

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Question 1: What structures are seen on a lateral oblique patella?

Answer:

lateral portion of patella free of superimposition

Question 2: What structures are seen on a PA patella?

Answer:

sharp image of the patella

Question 3: What structures are seen on a medial oblique patella?

Answer:

medial portion of patella free of superimposition

Question 4: Pt position PA patella

Answer:

pt prone, patella parallel to IR, (laterally rotate heel 5-10 degrees)

Question 5: Pt position Settegast method tangential patella

Answer:

pt prone or supine, knee bent as much as possible or until patella is perpendicular to the IR

Question 6: CR entry lateral patella

Answer:

perpendicular entering the mid patellofemoral joint

Question 7: Pt position lateral patella

Answer:

pt lays on affected side, knee flexed 5-10 degrees, femoral epicondyles and patella perpendicular to IR

Question 8: Pt position Hughston method tangential patella

Answer:

pt prone, knee flexed to form 50-60 angle from tib-fib to table.

Question 9: What structures are seen on a Settegast method patella?

Answer:

vertical fx of patella and joint space

Question 10: What structures are seen on a Hughston method patella?

Answer:

partial dislocation or fx of patella, femoral condyles

Question 11: What structures are seen on a PA axial oblique patella?

Answer:

most of the patella free of superimposition

Question 12: What structures are seen on a lateral patella?

Answer:

lateral patella and joint space

Question 13: CR entry Settegast method tangential patella

Answer:

perpendicular to the patellofemoral joint space (usu. 15-20 degree angulation)

Question 14: CR entry Hughston method tangential patella

Answer:

45 degrees cephalad through patellofemoral joint

Question 15: Pt position oblique patella

Answer:

pt prone 45-55 degree part obliquity, knee bent 5-10 degrees

Question 16: CR entry oblique patella

Answer:

perpendicular, exiting the patella

Question 17: CR entry PA patella

Answer:

perpendicular entering the mid popliteal area