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Contemporary CBCT diagnostics-discovery of a new artery with possible impact on surgical planning: the anterior superior palatal alveolar artery.
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Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA [Surg Radiol Anat] 2018 Oct; Vol. 40 (10), pp. 1147-1158. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 06. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Purpose: An ongoing clinical trial regarding intra- and post-surgical morbidity in maxillary apicoectomies showed significant higher morbidity for upper canines and palatal roots of upper 1st premolars. Analysis of available presurgical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)-scans revealed the existence of an unknown bone-canal branching off from the bone-canal or groove of the anterior superior alveolar artery (asaa). Aim of the study was the determination of the contents of this newly found bone canal in human cadaver heads, its prevalence as possible standard anatomical structure and its automatized detection with a contemporary high-resolution TRIUM-CBCT-device in vivo.<br />Methods: 35 human cadaver heads were dissected, the prevalence of the bone-canal determined and its contents analyzed by histology. 835 consecutive routine high-resolution TRIUM-CBCT-scans from routine patients were analyzed by an automatized detection- and tracing-algorithm for in vivo-determination of prevalence of this bone canal. Automatized detection and additional manual tracing were statistically evaluated by SSPS 20.0 software.<br />Results: The bone-canal was found in 96% of the anatomical specimens, its content identified as artery not described until now and named after the first finder "Arteria Kurrekii". Automatized tracing of TRIUM-CBCT-scans with additional manual tracing revealed an in vivo prevalence of this newly found artery of 95% (pāā¤ā0.05).<br />Conclusions: The newly found anterior superior palatal alveolar artery (aspaa-"Arteria Kurrekii") might have the same clinical impact for surgical procedures in the maxilla as the posterior superior alveolar artery (psaa). Its first detection was enabled by high-resolution TRIUM-CBCT devices and prevalence as standard anatomical structure proven in vivo by automatized CBCT-scan analysis.
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- Alveolar Process diagnostic imaging
Apicoectomy methods
Arteries diagnostic imaging
Blood Loss, Surgical prevention & control
Cadaver
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography methods
Dissection
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Maxilla diagnostic imaging
Maxilla surgery
Palate diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Hemorrhage etiology
Postoperative Hemorrhage prevention & control
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Software
Alveolar Process blood supply
Apicoectomy adverse effects
Arteries anatomy & histology
Maxilla blood supply
Palate blood supply
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1279-8517
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29980816
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2062-9