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Radiology, Vol 128, 812-814, Copyright © 1978 by Radiological Society of North America

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Improved visualization of the lumbar spine and sacrum in pediatric patients by use of the pneumatic compression paddle

J Crowe, T Sumner and D Ott

The lumbosacral spine in infants and young children is usually partially obscured on frontal radiographs by gas-filled intestinal loops. Displacement of the intestine by an air-filled balloon compression device improves visualization of the spine.




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