AP erect patient is better.
Set up for a glenoid view of the shoulder, ie (ap rotate patient about 40 degrees with affected side posterior so scapula is parallel to bucky and gleno-humeral joint is perpendicular to the bucky). Angle tube down/caudad 40 degrees, centering at the gleno-humeral joint.
Exposure is about 3 steps in mA more than ap shoulder (I still use a filter)
Criteria : glenoid appears elongated as does humeral head. Essentially the view projects tangentially along the antero-inferior glenoid labrum. Ideal for Bankart lesions. Also if ? dislocation, if the humeral head is projected superior to the glenoid, then it is a posterior diclocation, id the humeral head is inferior to the glenoid, it is an anterior dislocation.
The projection is also called an axial oblique.
Hope this helps, I know it's a late reply, but time zones and all.
Dieter
At 06:06 PM 17/11/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Hi there.....
Anyone no of details / descriptions articles of Garth view of shoulder?
Cheers
Nick
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