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. 2009 May 21;19(10):2333–2341. doi: 10.1007/s00330-009-1440-4

Table 3.

Identified injuries per anatomical region

Region Levy et al. [31] Andematten et al. [25] Hoey et al. [29] Aghayev et al. [24] Yen et al. [36] Donchin et al. [27] Thali et al. [35]
Head/neck/face 100 (24/24) 100 (25/25) 100 (19/19) n.a. 53 (28/53) n.a. n.a.
Chest 100 (21/21) 100 (19/19) 95 (19/20) 75–100 (n.a.) n.a. n.a. n.a.
Abdomen 100 (3/3) 100 (1/1) 77 (10/13) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Extremities 64 (18/28) 100 (1/1) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
External 100 (2/2) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Overall n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 60 (57/95) 74 (48/65)

n.a. not available

Data are presented as % (n/N): n number of injuries identified by CT, N number of injuries identified by autopsy, % percentage of identified injuries on PMCT