Cervical spine lateral horizontal beam technique.
Two techniques are suggested for satisfactory horizontal beam laterals in the operating room for fusion level localization: (a) the prone cervical myelographic lateral in which a modification is suggested for the "swimmer's position; and (b) patient supine with a 15 X 30-cm rolled sheet placed under the occiput and/or midline upper dorsal spine, which enables the shoulders to drop to the table, clearing the low cervical spine.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic