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A radiological study on the topographical relationships between the vestibular, cochlear and facial nerves

dc.contributor.coauthorÜnel, Sacide
dc.contributor.coauthorYılmaz, Mehmet
dc.contributor.coauthorAlbayram, Sait
dc.contributor.coauthorKiriş, Adem
dc.contributor.coauthorIşık, Zehra
dc.contributor.coauthorIşıldak, Hüseyin
dc.contributor.coauthorSavaş, Yıldıray
dc.contributor.coauthorKeser, Zafer
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Mathematics
dc.contributor.kuauthorCeyhan, Elvan
dc.contributor.kuprofileFaculty Member
dc.contributor.otherDepartment of Mathematics
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Sciences
dc.contributor.yokidN/A
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-10T00:06:35Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractObjective: The purpose of our study was to investigate the topographical relationship between these nerves along their course from the brainstem through the internal acoustic canal IAC in the living human brain using MR imaging. Materials and Methods: We performed three-dimensional gradient echo balanced Fast Field Echo (3D bFFE) sequence oblique parasagittal MR imaging in 73 healthy subjects. The IACs were analyzed from the brainstem end of the IAC to the fundus in contiguous sections. At five levels, the topographical relationships between the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves (VCN) were recorded. In the lateral portions of the IACs where they separated from each other, the relative sizes of the individual nerves were examined. Results: In general, the facial nerve (FN), which is a round structure, is located anteriorly and superiorly to the vestibulocochlear nerve throughout its course. The vestibulocochlear nerve is usually rectangular; however, it was found to be round and at times triangular in shape near the brainstem, before it became crescent-shaped at the porus in 89% of the cases. The superior vestibular nerve kept its posterosuperior position in the canal, and the inferior vestibular nerve (IVN) and the cochlear nerve (CN) travelled inferior to it. The superior and inferior vestibular nerves were divided by the falciform crest in 53% of the cases. The inferior vestibular nerve was the smallest nerve in 52% of the cases, and the cochlear nerve was the largest in 36% of the cases. Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the largest in vivo MR study, and most of our findings differ from previous cadaver studies. Determination of these topographical relationships may facilitate our understanding of the complicated physiological relationships between the 7th and 8th nerve complexes during surgery in this region. / Öz: Amaç: Bizim amacımız, yaşayan insanlarda MR görüntülemeyi kullanarak, bu sinirlerin beyin sapından, internal akustik kanala kadar olan kısmında topografik ilişkilerini araştırmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Yetmiş üç sağlıklı bireyde 3D gradient echo balanced fast field echo (3D bFFE) sekans oblik parasagittal MR inceleme yaptık. İAK, beyin sapından İAK’ın bitimindeki fundusa kadar, ardışık kesitlerle analiz edildi. Beş seviyede fasiyal ve vestibülokoklear sinirin topografik ilişkileri kaydedildi. İAK’ın lateral bölümünde (sinirin kendi içinde bölümlere ayrıldığı kısımda) sinirlerin rölatif boyutları değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Genel olarak fasiyal sinir, yuvarlak bir yapıda, anterior yerleşimli ve tüm seyri boyunca vestibulokoklear sinirin süperiorundadır. Vestibulokoklear sinir ıklıkla dikdörtgen şeklindedir. Fakat bazen beyin sapına yakın kısımda yuvarlak ve nadiren üçgen şeklinde ve vakaların %89’unda porusda kresentrik yapıdadır. Superior vestibuler sinir kanal içinde posterosüperior pozisyonunu korur ve inferior vestibüler sinir ve koklear sinir superior vestibüler sinirin altından geçer. Süperior ve inferior vestibüler sinirler vakaların %53’ünde falsiform krest tarafından bölünür. İnferior vestibüler sinir vakaların %52’sinde en küçük, koklear sinir vakaların %36’sında en geniş olarak izlenmiştir. Sonuç: Bildiğimiz kadarıyla, bu en büyük in vivo MR çalışması olup, bulgularımızın çoğu önceki kadavra çalışmalarından farklıdır.
dc.description.indexedbyTR Dizin
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.publisherscopeNational
dc.description.volume44
dc.identifier.doi10.5152/eajm.2012.02
dc.identifier.eissn1308-8742
dc.identifier.issn1308-8734
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5152/eajm.2012.02
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/16640
dc.identifier.wos420427800002
dc.keywordsCochlear nerve
dc.keywordsFacial nerve
dc.keywordsMagnetic resonance
dc.keywordsTopography
dc.keywordsVestibular nerve / Koklear sinir
dc.keywordsFasial sinir
dc.keywordsManyetik rezonans
dc.keywordsTopoğrafya
dc.keywordsVestibüler sinir
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAtatürk Üniversitesi
dc.sourceThe Eurasian Journal of Medicine
dc.subjectCochlear nerve
dc.subjectFacial nerve
dc.subjectKoklear sinir
dc.subjectFasial sinir
dc.titleA radiological study on the topographical relationships between the vestibular, cochlear and facial nerves
dc.title.alternativeVestibuler, koklear ve fasiyal sinirin topografik ilişkileri: Radyolojik bir çalışma
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorCeyhan, Elvan
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