title: Ascertain the Safe Range From Foramen Rotundum to the Siphon of Internal Carotid Artery for Operation Through Pterygopalatine Fossa With Thin-Section Computed Tomographic Image.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to ascertain the safe range from foramen rotundum to the siphon of internal carotid artery using three-dimensional reconstruction technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  We scanned skulls of 121 volunteers to get the final results with thin-section computed tomographic image.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distance of AC was measured as 13.22 (3.79) mm (range, 8.33-105.67 mm; 95% CI [confidence interval], 8.55-21.39 mm). The angle to the sagittal plane was measured as 33.54 (9.23) mm (range, 5.38-66.58; 95% CI, 30.88-34.20). The angle to the coronal plane was measured as 53.17 (10.48) mm (range, 5.60-75.02; 95% CI, 51.29-55.06). The angle to the horizontal plane was measured as 9.43 (12.91) mm (range, -28.44 to 82.22; 95% CI, 7.11-11.76).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These above-mentioned results can help locate these structures to help in minimizing surgical trauma to the nerves and blood vessels of the operation through pterygopalatine fossa under nasoendoscope.
authors.affiliation: *Department of the Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun †Xi'an Medical College, Xi'an ‡First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University §Third Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Qianyan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yuhao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mushui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Jingyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Sirui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kailiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Youqiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D056739:Pterygopalatine Fossa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult