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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Jeong, Chang Yeong
• Cho, Jin Hee
• Park, Yong Jin
• Kim, Sung Won
• Park, Jae-Sung
• Abdullah Basurrah, Mohammed
• Kim, Do Hyun
• Kim, Soo Whan
• Abdullah, Johari Yap

Titel

Differences in the predicted nasoseptal flap length among races: A propensity score matching analysis

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2023-03, Vol.18 (3), p.e0283140-e0283140

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We compared the lengths of a nasoseptal flap (NSF) and skull base according to race, age, and sex. We performed paranasal sinus computed tomography in 19,961 adult patients between 2003 and 2022. The race of the patients was East Asian (n = 71), Caucasian (n = 71), or Middle Eastern (n = 71). The expected lengths of the NSF and anterior skull base defect were measured and analyzed according to race, age, and sex. Compared with Caucasians and Middle Easterners, East Asians had a shorter NSF length (p < 0.001) and lower ratio of the expected NSF length to the expected defect length (p < 0.001). There was no difference in the values among age groups. The expected NSF length was longer, and the ratio of the expected NSF length to the expected defect length was higher, in males than females (p < 0.001 for both). East Asians and females had a shorter NSF length and lower ratio of expected NSF to surgical defect lengths after anterior skull base reconstruction compared with the other races and with males, respectively. Anatomical differences should be considered when long NSF lengths are required, such as for anterior skull base reconstruction.