Line graph showing the proportion of all imaging studies over time from 2013 to 2022. The proportion has generally decreased from about 33% in 2013 to around 18% in 2022.

Despite guidelines favoring #CT, 26% of adults with #MaxillofacialTrauma received low-value plain radiography as initial imaging, contributing to diagnostic delays and increased follow-up imaging requirements.

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No such publication was available in England, although #HaroldGillies did try, with the support of #HenryTonks to publish a medical journal on the treatment of #maxillofacialtrauma. Gillies published Plastic Surgery of the Face in 1925, an essential textbook for plastic surgeons for many years.