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A member asked:

X ray report (lumbosacral spine ap & lat), what does this mean?

4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Views: AP refers to Anterior-posterior & lat refers to lateral views of the spine; nothing too fancy, just radiology terminology.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 8/21/2018

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Type of x-ray: A/P and Lat means anterior/posterior and lateral projection x-rays.

Dr Zabukovic agreed

Answered 4/25/2019

3.8k views

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