AGE AND SEX VARIABILITY OF VOLUME AND AREA OF FRONTAL SINUSES
BASED ON COMPUTER CRANIOMETRY 

Aleshkina Ol'ga Yur'evna, Doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the sub-department of human anatomy, Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky (112 Bolshaya Kazachia street, Saratov, Russia), E-mail: aleshkina_ou@mail.ru
Kuchmin Vladimir Nikolaevich, Assistant, sub-department of otorhinolaryngology, Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky (112 Bolshaya Kazachia street, Saratov, Russia), E-mail: kuchminvn@mail.ru
Mareev Oleg Vadimovich, Doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the sub-department of otorhinolaryngology, Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky (112 Bolshaya Kazachia street, Saratov, Russia), E-mail: ovmareev@mail.ru
Mareev Gleb Olegovich, Doctor of medical sciences, associate professor, sub-department of otorhinolaryngology, Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky (112 Bolshaya Kazachia street, Saratov, Russia), E-mail: jey_trasher@mail.ru 

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10.21685/2072-3032-2018-4-1 

Background. Current article describe the variability of the volume and surface area of the frontal sinus according to the results of computed tomography in the agesexual aspect.
Materials and methods. Article present results of measurements of the frontal sinus on 99 three-dimensional models of skulls of living people without pathology of the paranasal sinuses which were obtained using the virtual craniometry method. The age, sexual and bilateral variability of the frontal sinus were studied on patients of ENT Clinic of Saratov State Medical University.
Results. There is a predominance of average values of volume and sinus area in men of the first period of adulthood compared with women of the same group. There are no reliable bilateral differences in the parameters of the frontal sinus.
Conclusion. The proposed method of virtual craniometry and reliable data obtained with its help allow us to recommend this method for wide use in clinical practice. 

paranasal sinuses volume and area, computer craniometry, threedimensional modeling 

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