Bariatric Surgery Lap Band Artifact

 

There is a Lap Band port and tubing lateral to L1-L3 on the Hologic spine DXA image.

The undo view shows that the internal artifact would be omitted from the soft tissue baseline.

There is a Lap Band port and tubing lateral to L1-L3 on the Hologic spine DXA image. The undo view shows that the internal artifact would be omitted from the soft tissue baseline.

Sarah L Morgan, MD, RD, CCD,  The University of Alabama at Birmingham

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