The Age-Related Development of Maxillary Sinus in Children

DEGERMENCI M., Ertekin T., ÜLGER H., ACER N., COŞKUN A.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.27, no.1, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/scs.0000000000002304
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Computed tomography, maxillary sinus, stereology, volume, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES, MASTOID AIR CELLS, PARANASAL SINUSES, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, 3-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION, FRONTAL SINUSES, VOLUME, PNEUMATIZATION, THICKNESS, STANDARD
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Paranasal sinuses are complex structures and show individual variation. Providing normative values for paranasal sinus size and their changes related to age could be helpful in evaluating the presence of some diseases related to sinonasal region. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the development of maxillary sinuses and evaluate the volume changes according to age and sex by using stereological and ellipsoidal formula methods after that to compare these approaches with each other in children.