"I was recently diagnosed with a maisonnueve fracture of my right fibula (can't drive!). Is there anyone out there who can share a similar story with me ? My Orthopedist placed me in a boot cast, can't bear any weight for at least 2 more weeks (today is 2/7/12). Everyone I tell about it has never heard of this type of injury. I just need someone to talk with that has gone through this aggravating injury, I thought I just sprained my ankle,, until the pain in my lower leg became unbearable,, x rays revealed the bad news. Please feel free to reply.
Mike"

You are lucky, at least someone diagnosed you. I had to beg for help for 4+ years. My surgery consisted of a screw through fibula into tibia last February 2011. There is life again, just takes time and a very smart and compassionate doctor.

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LAO will remove the sternum from the heart shadow. However, A long exposure will cause the heart shadow to blur on an RAO. This essentially increases filtraltion of the beam localy which can aid in demonstrating the sternum.

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From experience and in-fact current protocol at my Hospital is to not perform scaphoid views until the healing process may take place.. This is due to a scaphoid # being very difficult to identify in the immediate post trauma views. Therefore trauma views for the wrist performed and Pt asked to return for further scaphoid views (4 shot) around 10 days later.

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Ok, in that case he probably does use an aluminum filter. I'll have to come up with one, my X-ray machine is just on paper right now, High performance auto ignition coil with a pulse generator producing up to 50,000 volts, some voltage dividers attached to an analog meter to give me a accurate read on output voltage, and a mA meter to monitor filament current. I'll prob be using a New Old Stock, Russian X-ray tube, and use a surplus AGFA intensifier screen to help calibrate my s-ray projection circle size. I used to be a professional photographer, and have probably performed every type of camera operation, and darkroom procedure known including hypering film, inspection developing, print copying with polarized lights, etc. This is essentially the same thing but with photons I cannot see, and such. I also own working GEIGER counters, and an ION detector, and Dosimeters. All are Victoreen civil defense units that I have refurbished and fixed up, and calibrated with known sources.

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AOA!
Hope so these sites help u...
http://idr.med.uni-erlangen.de/COMPARE/anguexoeb.htm#

http://teamrads.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=9&Itemid=58

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Same results can be achieved with a stool and a sponge.

Move the table longitudinaly to its maximum extent in the direction of the patients feet. Place a stool as close as you can get to the end of the table support column that the patients head is at.

Place 45 degree sponge on stool. Place film on sponge. Angle, centre and collimate to film. If you want to add some cephalic angulation, either rotate the tube or angle the patient (presumably on a mat or mattress).

No grid, 70kV for 10mAs, centre around C4 so that the longitudional crosshair of the light field lies along the patients outer canthis.

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