A patient is referred for a tangential projection (neer method) of the right shoulder: 45- to 60-degree RAO.
Scaphoid fractures account for 60% of all carpal bone injuries. In 1991, Rafert and Long described this method of diagnosing scaphoid fractures using a four-image, multi-angle central ray series. This battery of tests comes after a routine x-ray of her wrist failed to identify a fracture.
The tangential projection supraspinatus outlet projection, also called the Neer method, is used to detect possible shoulder impingement in the coracoacromial arch in the supraspinatus outlet region of the shoulder. This projection also shows dislocations and fractures of the scapula and proximal humerus.
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