[Evaluation of facial injury changes on spatial 3D CT scans]

Assessment of diagnostic value of spatial (3D) CT reconstructions obtained from two dimensional axial sections was performed on the basis of the material of patients with compound fractures of the facial cranium. In correlation with radiograms and axial CT sections fractures of the jaw and jugal bone, especially the mandible, were more distinctly reconstructed. 3D reconstructions were also significantly better in the assessment of rotational displacements of intussuceptional fracture fragments. There has not, however, been shown superiority of 3 D CT in revealing small, simple fissures.