The Effectiveness of Routine Cranial Computerized Tomography in the Evaluation of Facial Bone Fractures

DAŞ M. , REŞORLU M. , KARATAĞ O. , UYSAL F. , ÖZTÜRK M. Ö.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.20, no.2, pp.86-90, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.4274/eajem.galenos.2020.46547
  • Title of Journal : EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.86-90
  • Keywords: Emergency department, fractures, maxillofacial injuries, multidetector computed tomography, CURRENT PERSPECTIVE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, MIDFACE, TRAUMA, CT, INJURIES

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the ability of routine cranial computed tomography (CT) to detect facial bone fractures, taking the maxillofacial, orbital, and temporal bones CT as reference.