Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3131617 | Indian Journal of Dentistry | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
With wider availability of the CT scanners, it is increasingly used as the first line investigation to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment planning and to provide more details where a significant maxillofacial injury cannot be simply assessed from plain films. In acutely injured patient the CT scan provides the most effective, safe and reasonably rapid diagnosis of the complex pattern of multiple fractures of facial skeleton along with soft tissue injuries along with intracranial and cervical spine injury as compared to conventional radiographs. It is desirable to obtain CT for maxillofacial trauma where cost and equipment facility are not limiting factors.
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Authors
Anuja Agarwal, Nishant Kumar, Nitin Sharma,