• Radiology · Nov 2015

    Review

    Multidetector CT for Penetrating Torso Trauma: State of the Art.

    • David Dreizin and Felipe Munera.
    • From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, 22 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (D.D.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital & Ryder Trauma Center, Miami Fla (F.M.).
    • Radiology. 2015 Nov 1; 277 (2): 338-55.

    AbstractThe use of computed tomography (CT) for hemodynamically stable victims of penetrating torso trauma continues to increase but remains less singular to the work-up than in blunt trauma. Research in this area has focused on the incremental benefits of CT within the context of evolving diagnostic algorithms and in conjunction with techniques such as laparoscopy, endoscopy, and angiographic intervention. This review centers on the current state of multidetector CT as a triage tool for penetrating torso trauma and the primacy of trajectory evaluation in diagnosis, while emphasizing diagnostic challenges that have lingered despite tremendous technological advances since CT was first used in this setting 3 decades ago. As treatment strategies have also changed considerably over the years in parallel with advances in CT, current management implications of organ-specific injuries depicted at multidetector CT are also discussed.© RSNA, 2015.

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