TY - JOUR
T1 - Intercarotid artery distance in the pediatric population
T2 - Implications for endoscopic transsphenoidal approaches to the skull base
AU - Li, Lifeng
AU - Carrau, Ricardo L.
AU - Prevedello, Daniel M.
AU - Yang, Bentao
AU - Rowan, Nicholas
AU - Han, Demin
AU - London, Nyall R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Objective: Comprehensive quantitative evaluation of the intercarotid artery distance (ICD) in the pediatric population has not been sufficiently explored. This study aims to measure the minimal ICDs at multiple levels of the skull base to assess changes in the ICD during development. Methods: Measurement of the ICDs between the paired paraclival, parasellar, and paraclinoid segments of the internal carotid artery (ICA) was performed on coronal MRI from 540 patients ranging from 0 to 17 years old (n = 30 for each age). Comparison of these indices in the very young (0–5 years, Group 1) and young (6–17 years, Group 2) patients, and assessment of the degree of sphenoid sinus pneumatization was employed. Results: The narrowest ICD was located at the paraclinoid ICAs in the vast majority of cases (89.44%). When comparing the ICDs in very young age patients with the ICDs of 17 years old subjects, a statistically significant difference was found at the paraclival (ages 0–5), parasellar (ages 0–2), and paraclinoid (ages 0–4) ICDs (p < 0.05). Comparison of the ICDs between the intergroups (Group 1 and 2) also demonstrated a statistically significant difference (p < 0.0001). Pneumatization of the sphenoid sinus was initially noted to start at 3 years of age, and there were no patients with a non-pneumatized sphenoid sinus identified after 7 years of age in our cohort. Conclusion: Measurement of ICDs at multiple levels provides a valuable reference for EEA procedures in the pediatric population. While the ICD may be largely stable in the pediatric population after 5 years of age, additional anatomic factors may restrict transsphenoidal access in very young patients (0–5 years).
AB - Objective: Comprehensive quantitative evaluation of the intercarotid artery distance (ICD) in the pediatric population has not been sufficiently explored. This study aims to measure the minimal ICDs at multiple levels of the skull base to assess changes in the ICD during development. Methods: Measurement of the ICDs between the paired paraclival, parasellar, and paraclinoid segments of the internal carotid artery (ICA) was performed on coronal MRI from 540 patients ranging from 0 to 17 years old (n = 30 for each age). Comparison of these indices in the very young (0–5 years, Group 1) and young (6–17 years, Group 2) patients, and assessment of the degree of sphenoid sinus pneumatization was employed. Results: The narrowest ICD was located at the paraclinoid ICAs in the vast majority of cases (89.44%). When comparing the ICDs in very young age patients with the ICDs of 17 years old subjects, a statistically significant difference was found at the paraclival (ages 0–5), parasellar (ages 0–2), and paraclinoid (ages 0–4) ICDs (p < 0.05). Comparison of the ICDs between the intergroups (Group 1 and 2) also demonstrated a statistically significant difference (p < 0.0001). Pneumatization of the sphenoid sinus was initially noted to start at 3 years of age, and there were no patients with a non-pneumatized sphenoid sinus identified after 7 years of age in our cohort. Conclusion: Measurement of ICDs at multiple levels provides a valuable reference for EEA procedures in the pediatric population. While the ICD may be largely stable in the pediatric population after 5 years of age, additional anatomic factors may restrict transsphenoidal access in very young patients (0–5 years).
KW - Intercarotid artery distance
KW - Internal carotid artery
KW - Pediatric population
KW - Pneumatization
KW - Sphenoid sinus
KW - Transsphenoidal approach
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110520
DO - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110520
M3 - Article
C2 - 33261860
AN - SCOPUS:85097104109
SN - 0165-5876
VL - 140
JO - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
JF - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
M1 - 110520
ER -