Gocmen Mas Nuket, Cirpan Sibel, Aksu Funda, Yonguc Demirci Goksin Nilufer, Lafci Fahrioglu Sevda, Durmaz Ozan, Karabekir Selim
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Turkey.
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
J Craniofac Surg. 2018 May;29(3):792-795. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004250.
To compare whether there are any differences between the 3 methods used for measure area of foramen magnum (FM) in skulls.
The FMs of 150 skulls were examined. Antero-posterior diameter, transverse diameter were measured using by Vernier caliper. The area of the FM was calculated by using 2 different formulas as described previously by Radinsky and Teixeira.The authors also applied stereological assessment method for estimating the surface area of FMs. The area was calculated 3 times manually using stereological point grid system for each skull.The authors compared the mean surface area of FMs obtained from each of these 3 methods estimating surface area of FMs whether there were any significant differences in between their results.
The mean areas of the FMs estimated according to Teixeria formula, Radinsky formula, and Cavalieri stereological method were respectively as follows: 790.47 ± 99.86 mm, 783.66 ± 99.34 mm, and 748.06 ± 100.19 mm. The authors observed significant differences (P < 0.05) in between the mean surface areas of FMs obtained from each of these 3 methods used for estimating the area.
There were significant differences (P < 0.05) in between the mean surface areas of FMs obtained from each of these 3 methods used for estimating the area.
比较用于测量颅骨枕骨大孔（FM）面积的3种方法之间是否存在差异。
检查150个颅骨的FM。用游标卡尺测量前后径、横径。按照Radinsky和Teixeira之前描述的方法，使用2种不同公式计算FM的面积。作者还应用体视学评估方法估计FM的表面积。对每个颅骨使用体视学点网格系统手动计算3次面积。作者比较了通过这3种估计FM表面积的方法所获得的FM平均表面积，观察其结果之间是否存在显著差异。
根据Teixeria公式、Radinsky公式和卡瓦列里体视学方法估计的FM平均面积分别如下：790.47±99.86mm、783.66±99.34mm和748.06±100.19mm。作者观察到，用于估计面积的这3种方法所获得的FM平均表面积之间存在显著差异（P<0.05）。
用于估计面积的这3种方法所获得的FM平均表面积之间存在显著差异（P<0.05）。
