Anatomical variations of the zygomaticofacial foramen and its related canal through the zygomatico-orbital and zygomaticotemporal foramina in dry human skulls.

Autor: Nteli Chatzioglou G; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Health and Technology University, Sütlüce, İmrahor Street, No: 82 34015 Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey. gkionoul.chatzioglou@istun.edu.tr., Sağlam L; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Çandir BN; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Yeni Yüzyıl University, Istanbul, Turkey., Yiğit M; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey., Gayretli Ö; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA [Surg Radiol Anat] 2024 Jan; Vol. 46 (1), pp. 33-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-023-03257-x
Abstrakt: Purpose: The aim of this study is to reveal the location of the zygomaticofacial foramina, the variations of their numbers, and their connections between the zygomatico-orbital and zygomaticotemporal foramina.
Methods: Ethics committee approval of our study was received by the Istanbul Medical Faculty Clinical Research Ethics Committee (date:30.07.2021, number:358356). 171 zygomatic bones of unknown gender from the Department of Anatomy, Istanbul University, were included in this study. The number of zygomaticofacial foramina and their connections with the zygomatico-orbital foramen and the zygomaticotemporal foramina were examined. Also, the morphometric distances between the zygomaticofacial foramen were calculated. Evaluation of the data was done with SPPS v.21.
Results: The number of zygomaticofacial foramina was found as 299. It was found single, double, three, four, five and six foramina, in 52 (30.4%), 52 (30.4%), 24 (14.03%), 10 (5.85%), 5 (2.93%), 1 (0.58%) zygomatic bone, respectively. Zygomaticofacial foramen was absent in 27 (15.8%) bones. Of these 299 foramina, 129 were found to be connected with zygomatico-orbital foramen and 23 with zygomaticotemporal foramen. It was noted that 147 zygomaticofacial foramina had no connection with any foramina. The distances between the zygomaticofacial foramen and the frontozygomatic suture, temporal process, maxillary process, the lowest point of the zygomatic bone, and orbital rim were found as 25.30 ± 2.81mm, 18.74 ± 3.56mm, 21.56 ± 4.16mm, 18.72 ± 2.57mm, 6.67 ± 3.27mm, respectively.
Conclusion: Consequently, the location and variations of ZFF are of great importance for maxillofacial surgery and regional block anesthesia. Knowing its location and variations will help prevent complications during any surgical intervention in this region.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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