Forty patients with skeletal trauma were examined with plain radiography, 2-dimensional computed tomography(2D-CT) and simulated 3-dimensional (3D) CT to assess the clinical applicability of CT in skeletal trauma, The sites of trauma were the
facial
bone in 13 cases, the spine in 7 cases, the pelvis in 10 cases, and the extremities in 10 cases, 2D-CT was useful in detecting fracture and bony fragments, extent of fracture, displacement and associated soft tissue lesion, With performance of
#D-Ct in
complex displaced fracture, more informations on preoperative plan and postoperative evaluation were obtained, The availability of multiplanar 2D-CT and 3D-CT may simplify assessment of the bone in a wide variety of skeletal trauma,
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