Devika J, Sequeira Joyce P
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore, Karnataka India.
J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2024 Dec;23(6):1349-1354. doi: 10.1007/s12663-024-02314-1. Epub 2024 Aug 21.
This paper aims to evaluate and standardize measurements of 11 nasal parameters specific to the South Indian population. This is significant because different ethnicities exhibit varying nasal proportions. The findings of this study will serve as a foundation for rhinoplasty procedures performed on the South Indian population as currently there is a lack of literature in this area of study.
A total of 136 young individuals of age group 18-30 were taken as a sample; 34 from each state that is Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh were taken up for the study. Standardized photographs of the nose were taken. Eleven nasal parameters were measured using Digimiser software and analyzed.
Eight out of eleven parameters have statistically significant differences among the population of all four South Indian states, while three parameters did not have much of a statistically significant difference.
When compared to the standard values of nasal parameters of the Indian population, only radix height and nasolabial angle were similar. The nasal index of all four South Indian ethnicities was platyrrhine. The nasal parameters did not differ among males and females in all the four South Indian populations.
本文旨在评估并规范11项南印度人群特有的鼻腔参数测量方法。这具有重要意义，因为不同种族的鼻腔比例各不相同。本研究结果将为针对南印度人群开展的隆鼻手术奠定基础，因为目前该研究领域缺乏相关文献。
总共选取了136名年龄在18至30岁之间的年轻人作为样本；从喀拉拉邦、卡纳塔克邦、泰米尔纳德邦和安得拉邦这四个邦各选取34人进行研究。拍摄了标准化的鼻部照片。使用Digimiser软件测量并分析了11项鼻腔参数。
11项参数中有8项在所有四个南印度邦的人群中存在统计学显著差异，而有3项参数没有太大的统计学显著差异。
与印度人群鼻腔参数的标准值相比，只有鼻根高度和鼻唇角相似。所有四个南印度种族的鼻指数均为阔鼻型。在所有四个南印度人群中，男性和女性的鼻腔参数没有差异。
