X-ray Upper Extremities

FINGERS:

  • PA, OBLIQUE, LATERAL

HAND:

  • PA, OBLIQUE, FAN LATERAL (UNLESS LOOKING FOR A FOREIGN BODY)

WRIST:

  • PA, OBLIQUE, LATERAL
  • NAVICULAR (ONLY IF THIS IS THE AREA OF PAIN)

FOREARM:

  • AP, LATERAL

ELBOW

  • AP, LATERAL

HUMERUS:

  • AP, LATERAL

SHOULDER:

  • EXT AND INTERNAL ROTATION
  • SCAPULAR Y-VIEW
  • NO NEED FOR SC JOINT ON ANY VIEWS

AC JOINTS

  • 72” AP WT BEARING AND AP NON-WT BEARING, BILATERAL ON 14X17

CLAVICLE

  • AP, AP AXILLARY ANGLE 15º CEPHLAD

SCAPULA

  • AP, LATERAL/Y-VIEW

Updated 6.4.2021