Effect of mastoid bone pneumatization on the conformation and depth of the sinus tympani, a high-resolution computed tomography study.
Deniz BaklaciIhsan Kuzucuİsmail GülerŞeyda Akbal ÇufalıNurcan Yurtsever KumGulsum Kubra YildirimIzzet Selcuk ParlakRauf Oguzhan KumMuge OzcanPublished in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2019)
A well-pneumatized mastoid is highly associated with a deep and posteriorly positioned ST with respect to the facial nerve. The preoperative HRCT scans of patients with cholesteatoma should be carefully evaluated to determine the conformation and depth of the ST.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- optical coherence tomography
- molecular dynamics simulations
- positron emission tomography
- soft tissue
- magnetic resonance imaging
- crystal structure
- patients undergoing
- bone mineral density
- mass spectrometry
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- high speed
- bone loss
- bone regeneration
- pet ct