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  • Validity of computed tomography in diagnosing midfacial fractures

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    Author(s)
    de Carvalho, MF
    Vieira, JNM
    Figueiredo, R
    Reher, P
    Chrcanovic, BR
    das Graças Afonso Miranda Chaves, M
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    Reher, Peter
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    2020
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    Abstract
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability of two-dimensional computed tomography (2D-CT) scans (axial, coronal, sagittal planes) and three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) reconstructions in diagnosing midfacial fractures in relation to actual fractures identified clinically and during surgery (gold standard). The imaging diagnosis was performed by a radiologist and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Sixty-two patients with a total of 429 midfacial fractures were included. Frontal sinus and nose fractures were easily diagnosed. For the three CT planes, there was a statistically ...
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    The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability of two-dimensional computed tomography (2D-CT) scans (axial, coronal, sagittal planes) and three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) reconstructions in diagnosing midfacial fractures in relation to actual fractures identified clinically and during surgery (gold standard). The imaging diagnosis was performed by a radiologist and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Sixty-two patients with a total of 429 midfacial fractures were included. Frontal sinus and nose fractures were easily diagnosed. For the three CT planes, there was a statistically significant difference between the CT examination and the gold standard for five to seven of the nine bones evaluated, while for 3D-CT, a difference was observed only for fractures of the orbital floor. The inter-observer agreement between the oral and maxillofacial surgeon and the radiologist was 75.5%. In conclusion, in this study 3D-CT reconstructions showed significantly the best sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability for the diagnosis of midfacial fractures. The sagittal reconstructions were the least diagnostic of the 2D-CT images. For areas where the parameters studied showed less agreement and hence a more difficult diagnosis, we recommend a combination of 3D and 2D-CT images to improve diagnostic accuracy.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2020.09.002
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    © 2020 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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    This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Dentistry
    Computed tomography
    Diagnosis
    Facial trauma
    Midfacial fractures
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/398248
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