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- The study aimed to identify important anatomical features of the vidian canal that impact endoscopic skull base surgeries.
- The analysis of 640 CT scans revealed significant differences in the length of the vidian canal between genders and outlined its common courses and pneumatisation patterns.
- The findings suggest that the vidian canal's position relative to the petrous internal carotid artery could affect surgical approaches, indicating that an inferior and medial route to the canal may not always be safe.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate key anatomic features of the vidian canal that have a critical role in planning and performing endoscopic skull base surgeries.
Methods: We reviewed skull base computed tomographic images of 640 consecutive subjects. Studies were analyzed in axial, coronal and sagittal planes.
Results: The mean (±SD) length of the vidian canal was 15.4 ± 2.0 mm in female subjects and 16.6 ± 1.7 mm in male subjects, and the difference between genders was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The most common rostral-caudal course of the vidian canal was medial to lateral and was followed by the straight course, tortuous course, and lateral-to-medial course. The frequency of pneumatization pattern from most common to least common was types 0, III, II and I. Of 342 evaluated sides, the vidian canal was located below the level of the anterior genu of petrous ICA in 303 (89%) sides, at same level with the anterior genu of petrous ICA in twenty-five(7%) sides, and above the level of the anterior genu of petrous ICA in fourteen(4.1%) sides.
Conclusions: A variety of previously undefined features of the vidian canal that can alter the course of surgical procedure were defined. The position of the vidian canal with respect to the petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) was extensively described. From a surgical standpoint, a working room inferior and medial to the vidian canal might not always be a safe approach, because the vidian canal could be located superior to the level of the anterior genu of petrous ICA according to our findings in the present study.
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