Endoscopic Endonasal Transpterygoid Nasopharyngectomy: Anatomical Considerations and Technical Note
HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK(2024)
Abstract
Background: The study was designed to identify new landmarks in the parapharyngeal segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) for nasopharyngectomy and describe a surgical procedure of endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid nasopharyngectomy (EETPN).Methods: Four cadaveric specimens were injected with colored silicone and subjected to CT scanning before dissection. The nasopharyngeal skull base was exposed using the endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approach. The clinical data of four patients with nasopharyngeal malignances who underwent EETPN were reviewed.Results: The lateral edge of the longus capitis muscle medially; the foramen lacerum, petrous apex spine and the stump of the levator veli palatini muscle superior laterally; and the upper parapharyngeal ICA laterally constitute the ICA-longus capitis muscle-petrous apex spine triangle which was a novel landmark for the upper parapharyngeal segment of the ICA.Conclusion: The ICA-longus capitis muscle-petrous apex spine triangle are important landmarks of the upper parapharyngeal segment of the ICA.
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Key words
endoscopic,internal carotid artery,nasopharyngeal malignancy,nasopharyngectomy,transpterygoid approach
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