X-RAY LUMBER SPINE AP VIEW

The lower back, comprising the lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L5), intervertebral discs, and surrounding soft tissues, including muscles, can be seen with a painless and safe test called a lumbar spine X-ray.

INDICATION

This view is useful in assessing:

• To see long-lasting lower back discomfort.
• Spinal fractures (vertebrae)
• To diagnose spinal tumors
• Arthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Infections
• To detect spondylolisthesis or disc degeneration
• To examine for anomalies in the spine’s curvature, such as lordosis,
• kyphosis, scoliosis, or birth deformities.
• Trauma

PATIENT PREPARATION

• Before going for the procedure, the patient is instructed to remove all kinds of metallic objects like jewellery, hair accessories, spectacles, and other similar object from the body part to be scanned to avoid any chance of a bright spot on the film.
• It is instructed to the female patient to notify her x-ray technician in the case of a pregnancy.

PART POSITIONING

• Depending on the patient's medical history, they may be erect or supine.
• Hands are put by the patient's side in the projection while they are supine.
• When performing erect, situate the patient in the pa position. This has many benefits, including less radiation exposure to the gonadal region and better use of beam divergence. For patient stability, place the arms by the side or grasp the erect Bucky's handlebars. The Ferguson approach can be used to describe the weight-bearing pa view.
• Hands are placed by the patient’s side away from the body.