[How to visualize one additional vertebra on profile radiographs of the cervical spine?].
The authors describe a simple technical trick allowing a better study of the cervical spine in subjects with a brevilineal morphology: this consists in placing a small sans block between, the patient's shoulder blades, while exerting the usual traction, thus causing appropriate backward displacement of the shoulders and clearing the lower cervical spine.
Liebault
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Service de Radiologie, CHRU Angers.
Namour
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Cronier
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Talha
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Toulemonde
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D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography
Comment gagner une vertèbre sur la radio de rachis cervical de profil?