The Adelaide Facial Bone Rule: A Simple Prediction Model and Clinical Guideline for the Presence of Facial Fractures Using CT Brain Scans in Victims of Minor Trauma.

In 2007, a paper by Brenner and Hall[1] alerted the medical community to the potential population-level harms associated with the increasing use of computed tomography (CT) scanning. In particular, they estimated that 1-2 % of all cancers may now be caused by exposure to medical radiation, implying major public health consequences and underlining the importance of avoiding unnecessary CT scanning. Further research continues in this area, and has included studies showing substantial over-use of CT scanning[2 –4].

Source: Injury - January 3, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Dr Sarah Constantine, Associate Professor Amy Salter, Dr Jennie Louise, Professor Peter J. Anderson Source Type: research