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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
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10.06.2024 | Original Article

The investigation of cranial fossae in the intracranial cavity of fixed cadaveric skull bases: associations with sex, laterality, and clinical significance

verfasst von: Noor Abdelghani, Cagatay Barut, Eren Ogut

Erschienen in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Ausgabe 8/2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Our study aims to investigate three parts of the intracranial cavity, their distances to essential anatomical landmarks, and the correlations between these distances with sex, laterality, and surgical significance.

Methods

The cranial nerve foraminae and essential surgical landmarks of each fossa were investigated bilaterally in 30 adult formalin-fixed cadaveric heads. Measurements, including lengths, depths, diameters, and horizontal distances to each other, to the midline of the skull, and to the outer lateral margin of the skull, were recorded on both sides.

Results

The optic canal (OC) depth, internal auditory meatus (IAM) width, CNVII and CNIX diameters, and accessory hypoglossal canal (HC) distance were significantly greater on the left side (p < 0.05). CNVI length, CNV diameter, CNXI length, and the distances of the HC and accessory HC from the skull were significantly greater on the right side (p < 0.05). In males, correlations were found between the length of the left CNVIII and the right IAM diameter (r = 0.864, p = 0.001), right CNVIII length (r = 0.709, p = 0.022), right accessory HC length (r = 0.847, p = 0.016), and right-sided skull distance (r = 0.829, p = 0.042). In females, correlations were noted between IAM depth and length, right IAM location relative to the skull, left CNIX and CNX lengths, left CNXII length, left accessory HC location relative to the skull, and accessory HC length.

Conclusions

The findings of the current study indicate inherent asymmetry, sexual dimorphism, and variability in certain cranial nerves among cadaveric heads, which could have implications for surgical procedures, neuroanatomical studies, and clinical assessments. The study revealed side disparities and correlations within cranial fossa formations and essential surgical landmarks in both genders.
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Metadaten
Titel
The investigation of cranial fossae in the intracranial cavity of fixed cadaveric skull bases: associations with sex, laterality, and clinical significance
verfasst von
Noor Abdelghani
Cagatay Barut
Eren Ogut
Publikationsdatum
10.06.2024
Verlag
Springer Paris
Erschienen in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Ausgabe 8/2024
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Elektronische ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-024-03408-8

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