Free practice question 10 of 20 · Trauma
An original single best answer question in the style of the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Section 1 paper, with the answer and a referenced explanation. Pick an answer to reveal it, then rate how sure you were.
A 27-year-old rugby player has severe pain over the acromioclavicular joint after a tackle and cannot elevate the arm. An anteroposterior radiograph shows only slight widening of the joint with a normal coracoclavicular distance, yet the lateral clavicle cannot be felt in its normal position.
Which radiographic view is most likely to reveal the injury?
Topic guide
Trauma: what the exam tests
Syllabus coverage, high-yield themes and the common traps.
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Open fractures: the BOAST standard, timings and the Gustilo–Anderson classification
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Shoulder & rotator cuff
The right shoulder from behind: the scapula, clavicle and humerus with supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor inserting on the greater tuberosity. Subscapularis lies on the front of the scapula.
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