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Addition Of The Apical Oblique Projection Increases The Detection Of Acute Traumatic Shoulder Abnormalities In Adults, Kimberley J. Ross, Grant Tomkinson, Bonnie F. Mcgregor, Oliver C. Ayres, Diana Piscitelli
Addition Of The Apical Oblique Projection Increases The Detection Of Acute Traumatic Shoulder Abnormalities In Adults, Kimberley J. Ross, Grant Tomkinson, Bonnie F. Mcgregor, Oliver C. Ayres, Diana Piscitelli
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Purpose
Plain radiographic evaluation of acute shoulder trauma in adults requires a minimum of two projections, commonly the anteroposterior (AP) and lateral scapular projections, with additional projections taken for diagnosis. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine whether the addition of the apical oblique (AO) projection to the AP and lateral scapular projections increases the number and/or alters the types of abnormalities detected in the examination of acute shoulder trauma.
Methods
Examinations of 56 adults who had undergone three-projection (AP, lateral scapular, AO) radiographic shoulder examination for acute trauma were allocated into two-projection (AP, lateral scapular) and three-projection …