title: A comparison between radiography and ultrasonography in the diagnosis of zygomatic arch fracture.
abstract: A comparison between submentovertex view radiograph and real time ultrasonography in the diagnosis of zygomatic arch fractures. The materials are 6 patients with zygomatic arch fracture alone and 6 patients with combination of zygomatico-maxillary complex with arch fracture. In 34% of patients with zygomatico-maxillary complex with arch fracture. In 34% of patients with zygomatico-maxillary complex fractures, zygomatic arch fractures were confirmed by radiographs, in 66% of the cases the isolated arch fractures were confirmed by radiographs. In 100% of the cases ultrasonography confirmed arch fractures in both the sets of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofical Surgery, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajesh
authors.forename: A Bhagawan Das
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D011859:Radiography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*