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Anatomic relationships of the structures exposed in type B and C infratemporal fossa approaches were studied in 20 temporal bones. The intrapetrous carotid artery (ICA), cochlea (CH), eustachian tube (ET), foramen spinosum (FS), foramen ovale (FO) and anterior foramen lacerum (AFL) were exposed by drilling of the glenoid fossa and base of middle cranial fossa. The relationships of the ICA with the cochleariform process (CP), CH, ET, FS, FO and AFL were noted along with associated measurements. The CP was lodged at a mean distance of 9.2 mm from the ICA genu. The ET was found to intersect the ICA. The mean distance of the ICA to the CH was 1.6 mm. The carotid canal was dehiscent on its horizontal portion in 30% of the bones studied and on its vertical portion in 5%. The periarterial venous plexus was found in 70% of the bones. No obvious branch was observed emerging from the vertical portion of the ICA. The FS was found to be a canal having a mean length of 5.8 mm.
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Received: 14 March 1996 / Accepted: 22 August 1997
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Aslan, A., Balyan, F., Taibah, A. et al. Anatomic relationships between surgical landmarks in type b and type c infratemporal fossa approaches. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 255, 259–264 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004050050054
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004050050054