Change: Moved by AndyC Feb 8 2010, 7:09 AM EST

Change: practicesutilizes this view when required is usually accomplished in plain film radiographic technique.Radiographyadapted from http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/31/3/466/F1.large.jpgThe essence of the technique is that you can achieve a satisfactory demonstration of the distal humerus in an AP projection by superimposing the forearm while the elbow is flexed.Case 1   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 623)

Change: The patient was in considerable pain and distress with a fixed flexed elbow. The radiographer chose to perform an axial view as a first view in the series. The axial view image demonstrates complete dislocation of the elbow joint.The lateral view similarly shows complete   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 614)

Change: The elbow is overflexed. It is likely that this is the position that the patient presented with and the radiographer correctly did not change the psoition for the initial series. There are fracturs of the olecranon and radial neck producing an unstable elbow joint.Irrespetive of whether   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 499)

Change:  fracture effectively.Case 3This 7 year old girl presented to the Emergency Department after an unwitnessed fall. She was referred for radiography of her left elbow.The axial elbow view was performed in lieu of the conventional AP view.The lateral view image confirms the supracondylar fracture.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 286)

Change: unknown sourcehttp://ajs.sagepub.com/content/31/3/466/F1.large.jpgThe essence of the technique is that you can achieve a satisfactory demonstration of the distal humerus in an AP projection by superimposing the forearm while the elbow is flexed.Case 1This is an image from circa 1958. The   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 146)

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Change: The axial view of the elbow is one of those views that is a hallmark of adaptive radiography. The radiographer who practices this view when required is usually accomplished in plain film technique.RadiographyThe essence of the technique is that you   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 65)