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X - Ray Left Upper Femur - Hip LAT View

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X-ray of the hip is an imaging technique that is used to see a clear view of the femur bones in the hip joint. The lateral view of the hip provides information to assess for any fracture of the hip bone, dislocations, bony malalignments, or degenerative conditions of the hip joint.

Your doctor may advise you to take an X-ray of the left upper femur of the hip when you met with an accident, fractured hip bone, or incase of excessive hip pain. While taking the X-ray itself is safe and painless, but you may have some discomfort if you had recent surgery or an injury. The overall test may take 15-20 minutes. You will be asked to wear a gown, remove any clothing and jewellery for the test.

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What are the drawbacks of a bone X-ray?

X-ray images give a very clear view of the bones. However, it does not provide a good visual image of the soft tissues like tendons, muscles or fat tissue under the skin. Even the bone microfractures or complicated spine injuries are not clearly visible on the X Ray images. Apart from this, it also exposes the patient to some amount of radiations but the benefit of the information gained from an X-ray image outweighs the risk of radiations.

Who interprets the X-ray results?

The interpretation of an X-Ray image is carried out by a radiologist who analyses or reads the X-ray image and prepares a report of the findings which is shared with the patient.

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MBBS, MD Lab Medicine

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Last Updated

9th Jul 2023