05/06/2026
STRYKER's NOTCH VIEW🔰:
•Stryker's notch view is a special X-ray technique for the shoulder, used primarily after an anterior dislocation to find a Hill-Sachs defect, a common bony injury where the humeral head indents the glenoid rim...
• It involves the patient lying supine (on their back) with their affected arm on their head (hand behind the head, elbow up), while the X-ray beam is angled cephalad (upwards) and centered near the armpit to project the posterior humerus for clear visualization...
POSITIONING🔰:
•Patient is kept Supine (lying on back)...
•The Affected arm is abducted (out to side), hand placed on the back of the head with fingers pointing toward the opposite shoulder/back of head, elbow elevated...
•The X-ray Beam is Angled 10-15 degrees cephalad (towards the head)...
•The Centering is Near the axilla (armpit) at the glenohumeral joint level...