[1]*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.
This study aimed to ascertain the safe range from foramen rotundum to the siphon of internal carotid artery using three-dimensional reconstruction technique.;We scanned skulls of 121 volunteers to get the final results with thin-section computed tomographic image.;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).;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.;