This patient was not using a helmet.. Extensive facial and mandibular fractures are present. The patient has an endotracheal tube, and a orogastric suction tube.
The vertex (top) and posterior skull are not damaged. These portions were excluded in the initial scan and appear as though they are missing on the 3D rendering.
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Dave Palugyay [deleted] 55 months ago | reply
That's gonna leave a mark. Or two.
Guyon_C 55 months ago | reply
What the heck dave I was gonna say that :(
stevenrobertlane 55 months ago | reply
I thought those tubes we're the handlebars at first!
chrome1 [deleted] 55 months ago | reply
hm.... this might sound harsh..but... if i'm not wearing a helmet on my scooter and i get in an accident... JUST LET ME DIE
Vicente Alfonso 55 months ago | reply
Incredible!! :O
e_monk 55 months ago | reply
You got linked to on Poor Mojo News
www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/archives/024119.php
gadji_beri 55 months ago | reply
How's the bike?
Lexinatrix 54 months ago | reply
I got here from a motorcycle community I read... this is absolutely fascinating, thanks for posting!
rosenberger31 54 months ago | reply
I know this is not a medical blog, but CT scans are a lot more forgiving than MRI. Newer CT machines can do the above scan in 10 seconds. The patient has to hold still, but not like other modalities in Radiology.
"It would be difficult to scan something that size and see detail like you do here. In fact, as the population grows increasingly larger, it becomes impossible to image some patients. Partly because some of them won't fit into the machine"
- CT scanners can image the whole body with great detail, very fast. The bore of a CT scanner can usually fit patients greater than 500lbs. MRI is the modality that is very restricting for both patient size and patient motion.
Thanks to imaging technologies, surgeons can pre-plan surgeries, thus reducing time in the OR. This translates into better patient care and better end results (fewer facial reconstruction surgeries).
Safety first!
Surfactant 54 months ago | reply
It is indeed true that MRI is less forgiving than CT in regard to motion artifacts. The reduction in image quality due to patient size in MRI is usually due to grounding of the patient when they touch the sides of the bore. This is not necessarily negated with open bore magnets. The chances of grounding increase with patient size. The induction of noise and reduction of the signal to noise ratio degrades image quality. In both modalities, there is a vast difference between a 82", 500lb patient, and a 72" tall patient of the same weight. Circumference is the determinant, rather than total weight.
That said, you are quite correct that imaging technologies like these are a great benefit to pre-surgical planning. I am excited about the future of these technologies, and the integration of molecular imaging into them.
Andrés Otárola 54 months ago | reply
wow! was a panfacial??
or lefort III?
bobbynstl80 53 months ago | reply
Ouch
Just Back 48 months ago | reply
Maybe if our species had evolved the ability to move at really high velocities, say the speed of a motocycle, we would have also evolved significant exoskeletons.
morrisoxford61 [deleted] 47 months ago | reply
this is stunning
in our country you have to wear a helmet no matter how stupid you are
but this should be shown to all youngsters before they even think of riding a motorcycle
I ride all year round
i also hate blood and faint when they stick needles in me
but I found this to be the most fascinating thing I have ever seen
I did not realise just how far technology has moved
thanks for this it quite stunned me in its clarity
so0ora 46 months ago | reply
ouch!!
Zlatko Unger 43 months ago | reply
Holy crap. That looks incredibly painful. How fast was the person going when they crashed?
morrisoxford61 [deleted] 43 months ago | reply
its not how fast he was going, its how fast he stopped thats the difference?
e_monk 39 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Stuff That Was Inside Me, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
i_like_women69 [deleted] 26 months ago | reply
Saved by helmets twice and this demonstrates why.
jesszholmes 3 months ago | reply
Wow, this gave me chills. Anyone who chooses to forgo the proper motorcycle gear should be shown this rendering.