Sonography versus plain x rays in diagnosis of nasal fractures

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-616

  Gürkov, Robert ^a   Krause, Eike ^a   Clevert, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Facial trauma; Nasal fracture; Radiography; Rhinoplasty; Sensitivity; Sonography; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FRACTURE; NOSE SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL BONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 59849093118     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3239     Document Type: Article

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