Improved visualization of the lumbar spine and sacrum in pediatric patients by use of the pneumatic compression paddle.
The lumbosacral spine in infants and young children is usually partially obscured on frontal radiographs by gas-filled intestinal loops. Displacement of the intestine by an air-filled balloon compression device improves visualization of the spine.
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*