Lower Limb Comp Monday

• (10 × 12 inches),
• lengthwise
• GridorBucky,

Place patient in semisupine position, with entire body and leg rotated partially away from side of interest; place support under elevated hip; give pillow for head.

• Align and center leg and knee to CR and to midline of table or IR.
• • Rotate entire leg externally 45°. (Interepicondylar line should be 45° to plane of IR.)

• Angle CR 0° on average patient (see AP Knee Projection on p. 244).
• • Direct CR to midpoint of knee at a level 12 inch (1.25 cm) distal to apex of patella.

• • Distal femur and proximal tibia and fibula, with the patella superimposing the lateral femoral condyle, are shown.
• • Medial condyles of the femur and tibia are demonstrated in profile.