Diagnosis of acute nasal fractures using ultrasound and CT scan()

OBJECTIVE: Nasal fractures need timely and accurate diagnosis for required treatment to prevent future deformities and unnecessary surgery. Radiography does not provide accurate finding in this case. The aim of this study is to evaluated diagnostic efficiency of ultrasound and CT scan for acute nasal fractures. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study included patients with nasal trauma referred to (XXX) from January 2020 to December 2020. Diagnostic ultrasound and CT scan was performed on all the patients and data obtained was stored in patient data collection forms along with their demographics. The data was statistically analyzed using SPSS v20. RESULTS: Of 32 patients included in our study, 4 (12.5%) were females and 28 (87.5%) were males. The mean age of the patients was 40.28 ± 16.9 years. The specificity and sensitivity of ultrasound was 100% and 83.33%. The accuracy of the test was 93.75%. The specificity, sensitivity and accuracy were 100%, 95% and 96.88%, respectively. Chi square test also showed that there were a significant association between nose fracture and both CT scan and ultrasound, p < 0.001. CONCLUSION: Our study showed that both, ultrasound and CT scan are efficient for the diagnosis of nasal fractures in the patients. Further studies with greater sample size are required in this domain.