Evaluation of CT scanned Multiple Injured in peacetime and Ile Ife-Modakeke Communal War

288 Pioneer Computed Tomographic Examinations in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria

“…20% of all cranio-cerebral CTs in this study were due to trauma with road traffic accident being a major contributor. Computed tomography scan is effective in delineating soft tissue and bony injuries [19]. In the assessment of acute traumatic injuries, CT with multi-planar reconstructions and 3D mapping has been shown to display between 25% and 75% more sites of pathology compared with radiography (Fig.…”

“…Three-dimensional CT offers a method of detecting occult fractures not detected by radiography [1]. Both volume-rendered and shaded surface display 3D algorithms as well as multi-planar reconstructed images may be used to determine fracture extent and complexity, but volume-rendered 3D CT is useful for patients with gunshot wounds, where streak artefact can obscure pathology on imaging performed with other CT techniques (conventional axial CT images, multi-planar reconstructions and 3D shaded surface display images) [1,19].…”