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Martonos C, Gudea A, D’Amico G, Stan F, Stroe T. Morphological and morphometrical anatomy of the auditory ossicles in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus). The European Zoological Journal 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2022.2113158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C. Martonos
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Jain S, Parveen S, Kumar S, Talwar D. Validated Ossicular Measurements on High-Resolution Computed Tomography (CT) in Live and Cadaveric Temporal Bones. Cureus 2022; 14:e22410. [PMID: 35371655 PMCID: PMC8941294 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objective The present study was undertaken to study the utility of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) temporal bone in live patients for providing the parameters of ossicular dimensions (OD), using standard assessment protocols, devised by the authors, with regard to the plane of CT scans and axes of measurement of ossicles. Methods This observational study was conducted from January 2021 to February 2022 at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawanghi, Meghe, Maharashtra, India, in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Radiodiagnosis. HRCT scan was performed on temporal bones, 10 in live subjects with no otological complaints and 10 in cadaveric temporal bones. HRCT was also performed for all three ossicles after dissecting them out from the respective cadaveric temporal bones. Measurements of OD were taken using Universalmednet Software and vernier calipers and compared with published anatomic data. Results The measurements taken using HRCT scans of the live subject and cadaveric bone as well as the ossicles taken using calipers fall within the range of published studies. Slight variation is seen in the measurements of stapes and incus, stapes total height is 3.17mm, less than 3.3. Conventional HRCT temporal bone in live patients when performed under set circumstances can be adopted as a standard method for measurement of ossicular sizes for the generation of normative data for different races, ethnicity and sex. Conclusion The results of our study can have implications in terms of translational research as the measurements obtained can help in better understanding of middle ear biomechanics, prosthesis designing, developing ideal tympanoplasty methods in terms of size, shape and placement of autograft.
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Martonos CO, Gudea A, Damian A, Lăcătuș R, Purdoiu R, Cocan D, Stan FG. Morphological and morphometrical aspects of the auditory ossicles in goat (Capra hircus). Anat Histol Embryol 2020; 50:184-191. [PMID: 32946143 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The present paper deals with a detailed description of the auditory ossicles in Capra hircus. The paper focuses on the morphological and morphometrical description of the ossicular assembly, formed by malleus, incus and stapes. The malleus (overall length, as average- 8.16 mm) comprises the head of malleus (Caput mallei), a slightly strictured part-neck (Collum mallei) with 3 distinctive processes (lateral, rostral and muscular) (Processus lateralis, Processus rostralis and Processus muscularis) and a handle (Manubrium mallei). The head of malleus has an oval aspect with an obtuse articular surface on its medial surface (Facies articularis). The neck is evident with three bony processes described-the anterior, almost triangular, the muscular one quite reduced and the lateral one which is the most developed one. The manubrium is the longest sector-4.4 mm and appears as a slightly curved piece. The incus presents a body of 1.3 mm and two processes-the short and long crus (Crus breve and Crus longum). The overall shape of the ossicle resembles a biradicular molar. The lenticular process is a continuation of the distal part of the long crus. The stapes-the smallest in size of the three ossicles (2.7 mm), has a head (Caput stapedis), an anterior (Crus rostrale) and a caudal (Crus caudale) arm and a footplate (Basis stapedis). The two processes are slightly different in size and morphology, delimiting the intercrural space that shows the presence of a bony spicule. The footplate (1.6 mm2 area) is ellipsoidal, with an anterior narrower extremity.
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- Cristian Olimpiu Martonos
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Zootechnics and Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Dkhar B, Bhatia A, Saikia PP, Pyngrope H. Improved postauricular surgical approach to the round window of rats. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 330:108481. [PMID: 31669291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Research using rat as an in-vivo model has played an important role in otological research. The rat ear anatomy has been described; however, detailed surgical procedures to access the temporal bone are limited. The authors present a technique to approach the inner ear of rat that was standardized by cadaveric dissections and later replicated in living animals. METHODS Adult Wistar albino rats were dissected via the post-auricular approach. The emphasis was on early identification of the facial nerve that formed a reliable landmark for the tympanic bulla, which in turn houses the round window and stapedial artery. The point of identification of facial nerve was postero-inferior to the external auditory meatus. The procedure was then repeated in living animals. RESULTS Seventeen cadaveric rats were dissected. Initially, the investigators attempted to identify the facial nerve at its crossing over the external auditory meatus. However, that method was found to be unsatisfactory. The facial nerve was then attempted to be identified in its course postero-inferior to the external auditory meatus. The technique improved drastically, and the facial nerve was identified promptly and reliably. The procedure was then repeated in seven living rats under general anaesthesia. The major issues encountered were bleeding from the stapedial artery, hematoma of the pinna in one rat. CONCLUSION This study suggests that the post-auricular approach is a feasible and less time consuming route for round window drug delivery experiments in Wistar albino rats. Recognition of anatomical landmarks, particularly the facial nerve is the key to surgery.
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- Barilin Dkhar
- Department of ENT, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, 793018, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of ENT, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, 793018, Meghalaya, India.
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- Department of Pharmacology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, 793018, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of ENT, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, 793018, Meghalaya, India
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Sudhakara Rao M, Chandrasekhara Rao K, Raja Lakshmi C, Satish Chandra T, Murthy PSN. Suitable Alternative for Human Cadaver Temporal Bone Dissection: Comparative Micro Ear Anatomy of Cattle, Pig and Sheep with Human. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019; 71:422-429. [PMID: 31750098 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-019-01589-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The study was undertaken to compare the micro ear anatomy of three commonly available animal models which are expected to have similar anatomy to human and to find out suitable model among them as an alternative for human cadaver temporal bone dissection. This is an observational study of comparison of micro ear anatomy of the three animal models with human. Decapitated heads of cattle, pig and sheep were collected from slaughter houses, soft tissues along with brain were removed and preserved in commercially available formalin preservative. CT scan was taken for the three specimens and 3D reconstructions were done. Each specimen was subjected to micro dissection and the anatomical features were studied and compared with human. Among the three animal models sheep is found to be an ideal model for a beginner because of ease of exposure of bone, very thin cortical bone, and no cellularity, good exposure of all the middle ear structures and similar interrelations of middle ear structures with human. Pig may not be an ideal model because of abundant fatty soft tissues, thick periosteum very narrow space occupied by the middle ear, difficulty in accessing cellularity small fragile ossicular chain and overhanging facial nerve.
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- M Sudhakara Rao
- Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna avutapalli, Gannavaram, 521286 India
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- Department of Radiology, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna avutapalli, Gannavaram, India
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- 3Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr. Sudha Nageswararao Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinna avutapalli, Gannavaram, India
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- Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna avutapalli, Gannavaram, 521286 India
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- Department of ENT, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna avutapalli, Gannavaram, India
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Martonos C, Damian A, Gudea A, Bud IT, Stan F. Morphological and morphometrical study of the auditory ossicles in chinchilla. Anat Histol Embryol 2019; 48:340-345. [PMID: 31041818 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study is meant to illustrate and describe the features of the auditory ossicles of the chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), one of the species used more and more frequently in otology and ear surgery as animal model. Cephalic extremities of 12 C. lanigera individuals obtained from a private farm, where this species was bred for fur, were used in this study. The ossicles were obtained either by direct surgical harvesting by mastoid approach or after a dermestid beetle exposure followed by anatomical dissection. The three ossicles that form the assembly are the malleus, incus and stapes. After the removal of these ossicles, a series of anatomical descriptions were made, followed by seriate sets of measurements. The malleus and incus form a joined-single unit called the maleo-incal complex, with an elongated straight appearance, also due to the development of the anterior process. The handle of the malleus and the long process of incus are almost perpendicular to the main axis of the maleo-incal complex. The presence of the muscular process on the handle of the malleus is recorded. The overall shape of the incus is given by the uneven development of the two processes and the reduced neck part. The stapes is the smallest of the components that maintains the well-known architecture in accordance with the general model. The morphology of all three ossicles is backed by a series of measurements, some standard, some adapted to the morphology of the ossicles. From the very reduced comparative metrical data at our disposal, our study presents an average of 10% lower values for the ones presented earlier by other researchers in the same species.
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- Cristian Martonos
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Clinical Emergency Hospital Târgu-Mureș, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology Târgu-Mureș, Târgu Mureș, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Risoud M, Bonne NX, Fourdrinier M, Hubert T, Vincent C. Technical note for post-auricular route surgery in Mongolian gerbil. Hear Res 2016; 337:65-9. [PMID: 27244698 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is commonly used in hearing research because the hearing frequency spectrum of the gerbil is rather similar to that of the human being. However, a precise description of the surgical post-auricular route has not been reported. The aim of this technical note is to provide details on the procedure and the surgical anatomy of the post-auricular route in the Mongolian gerbil. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia on eight (2 males and 6 females) adult Mongolian gerbils. All steps of the post-auricular route were detailed. This surgery provided an access to the following structures: the semi-circular posterior and lateral canals, the external auditory meatus, the tympanic membrane, the round window, the stapes, the stapedial artery and the reliefs of the cochlea. No anatomic variation was noticed among the 8 animals. This post-auricular route in the Mongolian gerbil defines a brief and simple surgery, overall standardized as a consequence of the absence of common anatomic variation, with painless and uncomplicated post-operative stage.
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- Michaël Risoud
- CHU Lille, Department of Otology and Neurotology, F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille 2, CHU Lille, INSERM U1008, Controlled Drug Delivery Systems and Biomaterials, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- CHU Lille, Department of Otology and Neurotology, F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille 2, CHU Lille, INSERM U1008, Controlled Drug Delivery Systems and Biomaterials, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille 2, CHU Lille, Experimental Resources Platform, Animal Housing Facility, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille 2, CHU Lille, Experimental Resources Platform, Animal Housing Facility, F-59000 Lille, France
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- CHU Lille, Department of Otology and Neurotology, F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille 2, CHU Lille, INSERM U1008, Controlled Drug Delivery Systems and Biomaterials, F-59000 Lille, France
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PURPOSE Initial study of the pig`s temporal bone anatomy in order to enable a new experimental model in ear surgery. METHODS Dissection of five temporal bones of Sus scrofa pigs obtained from UNIFESP - Surgical Skills Laboratory, removed with hole saw to avoid any injury and stored in formaldehyde 10% for better conservation. The microdissection in all five temporal bone had the following steps: inspection of the outer part, external canal and tympanic membrane microscopy, mastoidectomy, removal of external ear canal and tympanic membrane, inspection of ossicular chain and middle ear. RESULTS Anatomically it is located at the same position than in humans. Some landmarks usually found in humans are missing. The tympanic membrane of the pig showed to be very similar to the human, separating the external and the middle ear. The middle ear`s appearance is very similar than in humans. The ossicular chain is almost exactly the same, as well as the facial nerve, showing the same relationship with the lateral semicircular canal. CONCLUSION The temporal bone of the pigs can be used as an alternative for training in ear surgery, especially due the facility to find it and its similarity with temporal bone of the humans.
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