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PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm a 3rd yr rad student n I've also always done my skylines Supine with pt holding the cassette. havent had much probs. jus remember not to flex the knee to much.

you can do them prone with pt's knee flexed 90deg or something. cant quite remember. But, most ppl just tend to use the supine method.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:55 am    Post subject: Re: help with skyline knee!!!! Reply with quote

helga wrote:
i am in need of help, while my collegue was taking a skyline knee the cassette fell forward onto the patients leg , now the patient is making a formalcomplaint against her, now my manager wants proof that a skyline kee can be done with patient AP and knee flexed with patient holding cassette(our hospital does not have cassette holders and our patients are99% geriatrics so unable to lie prone)
is there anyone out there who also does knees in this method?


Did your colleague tell the patient to hold the cassette? If he or she did not, and just let the cassette balance on the patient’s abdomen [if that is even possible], then your colleague committed a faux pas. Unless I'm missing something, your colleague shouldn't worry. It's not as if the cassette weighs a ton. Now, if anyone allows a cassette to fall in that manner when working with a frail and brittle “150 year old” patient, then shame on the tech.

By the way, I’ve been doing my sunrise knees AP because as a 1st-year student, I’ve found that’s been working great. However, I want to start doing them prone when possible.

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Location: Oregon
PostPosted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We do all our skylines supine using a Merchant board. Super easy. Angle the Merchant board 30 degrees, angle the tube 60 degrees, and then adjust the tube height and distance so the CR goes through the patellofemoral joint and projects it mid-cassette. You'll get lovely patellae every time.
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