CT of maxillofacial trauma

Failure to recognize facial fractures is an important cause for later cosmetic and functional complications. Using limited preliminary plain film study in the Water's projection can usually predict the need for more sophisticated imaging and can serve as a basis for proper planning of CT examin...

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Published inThe Radiologic clinics of North America Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 131
Main Author Johnson, Jr, D H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1984
Subjects
Facial Bones - injuries
Facial Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Maxillary Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Maxillofacial Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Orbital Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Skull Fractures - classification
Skull Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Zygomatic Fractures - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Failure to recognize facial fractures is an important cause for later cosmetic and functional complications. Using limited preliminary plain film study in the Water's projection can usually predict the need for more sophisticated imaging and can serve as a basis for proper planning of CT examination, the procedure of choice when more sophisticated imaging is indicated. This article describes how and when to use CT, with an emphasis on which projection(s) to use for which injury.
ISSN:0033-8389
DOI:10.1016/S0033-8389(22)01141-1