RöFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
-
To evaluate the significance of multislice CT for the diagnosis of uncertain penetrating globe injuries. ⋯ In about one third of all unclear cases with rupture of the globe due to severe trauma, CT evaluation failed to correctly diagnose the open globe injury, which might lead to a delay in necessary surgical intervention. Thus, surgical sclera inspection is always mandatory in such unclear trauma cases regardless of the MD-CT results.