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Utilidad actual de la radiografía simple en el diagnóstico de fracturas de cráneo
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Castillo, Javier Onofre Serrato, Alejandro A. Mancilla |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Introduction: In spite of the existence of Computed Tomography, the Simple X-ray of the Skull is still used in the evaluation of patients with craneoencephalic trauma. Objective: To evaluate current diagnostic utility of the simple x-ray in the diagnosis of skull fractures. Material and methods: A diagnostic test was carried out, radiological diagnoses being retrospectively analyzed of patients with craneoencephalic trauma with TC and RSC, using like reference TC test. Results: 100 patients were analyzed; RSC only detected seven fractures of 22 detected by CAT; a sensibility of 31.8% (CI 95%: 18.7-42.0) being obtained, specificity of 94.9% (CI 95%: 91.2-97.7), VPP of 63.6% (CI 95%: 37.3-84.0) and VPN of 83.1% (CI 95%: 79.9-85.7). Conclusions: RSC has a low sensibility for the detection of skull fractures. If one doesn’t have access to CAT, the serious biggest utility to discard fracture. CAT is broadly superior. |
| Starting Page | 73 |
| Ending Page | 75 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/anaradmex/arm-2010/arm102c.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
