title: [Applications of multidetector computed tomography in limb trauma].
abstract: Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has significant advantages over plain-film X-rays in the study of the extremities. Acute trauma poses diagnostic challenges, especially in joints in which the overlapping of bony structures impedes the view of the fractures or luxations. Each major joint has at least one classification system for fractures that aims to include the fundamental aspects necessary to orient the most effective treatment. These are the cases in which MDCT's capabilities for multiplanar and three-dimensional reconstructions provide information that is crucial for the management of trauma to the joint.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Radiología Musculoesquelética, Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital de Traumatología, Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España. ferusan12@gmail.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruiz Santiago
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: González Siebert
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guzmán Álvarez
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Castellano García
mesh_terms: D050280:Arm Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007867:Leg Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography