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Patient Position: Lateral on unaffected side.
Most Likely Surgeon Position: Inferior and or Anterior of the patient.
Monitor Position: Technologist side and inferior to C-arm.
C-arm Position: Posterior of Patient at the level of the heel, perpendicular to the tib fib.
Expected Projections: Lateral, Harris Axillary View and maybe Broden's View, Captain's View and Saltzman's View.
Noteworthy: For the Harris Axillary View you may not be able to center the heel and may want to turn off AutoContrast and use a manual technique.
Lateral View
Harris axial view - The operative limb is externally rotated at the hip so that the toes point upwards to the sky.
Broden’s view
Captain’s view
Saltzman’s view
Harris axial view if Patient leg cannot be rotated.
Patel, S., & Khan, S. (2022). Techniques for ideal intraoperative radiography of calcaneum. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (Asia Pacific), 9(2), 72–74. https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10040-1225
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