Emirzeoglu Mehmet, Sahin Bunyamin, Bilgic Sait, Celebi Mehmet, Uzun Ahmet
Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Samsun, Turkey.
Auris Nasus Larynx. 2007 Jun;34(2):191-5. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.003. Epub 2006 Nov 3.
The size and shape of paranasal sinuses are especially relevant when considering endoscopic sinus surgery. For this reason, the size of the paranasal sinuses has been the subject of many studies, none of which has used stereological methods to estimate the volume. In the present stereological study, we estimated the volume of paranasal sinuses of normal males and females.
We used a combination of the Cavalieri principle and computer tomography scans taken from 39 male and 38 female patients to estimate the volumes of frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal and sphenoidal sinuses.
The mean volumes of frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal and sphenoidal sinuses were estimated bilaterally, producing mean volumes of 11.6+/-0.8, 35.9+/-1.3, 11.8+/-0.4 and 13.6+/-0.7 cm(3), respectively. When the correlations between estimated volumes were analyzed statistically a positive relation was found for the paranasal sinuses. The size of the sinuses tends to decrease with age.
The findings of the present study using the stereological methods could provide data for the evaluation of normal and pathological volumes of the paranasal sinuses.
在考虑鼻内镜鼻窦手术时，鼻窦的大小和形状尤为重要。因此，鼻窦的大小一直是许多研究的主题，但这些研究均未采用体视学方法来估计其容积。在本项体视学研究中，我们估计了正常男性和女性鼻窦的容积。
我们结合使用卡瓦列里原理和从39例男性及38例女性患者获取的计算机断层扫描图像，来估计额窦、上颌窦、筛窦和蝶窦的容积。
双侧估计了额窦、上颌窦、筛窦和蝶窦的平均容积，分别得出平均容积为11.6±0.8、35.9±1.3、11.8±0.4和13.6±0.7 cm³。对估计容积之间的相关性进行统计学分析时，发现鼻窦之间呈正相关。鼻窦的大小往往会随着年龄的增长而减小。
本研究采用体视学方法得出的结果可为评估鼻窦的正常和病理容积提供数据。
