Zygomatico-facial and zygomatico -orbital foramina: Morphological study in dry adult human skulls

Daisy Dwivedi; Ankur Saxena; Anurag; Suman Yadav

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Zygomatico-facial and zygomatico -orbital foramina: Morphological study in dry adult human skulls

Daisy Dwivedi, Ankur Saxena, Anurag, Suman Yadav

Abstract :

Background: The zygomatico-facial and zygomatico-orbtial foramina are traversed by anches of trigeminal nerve which is responsible for sensory perception of head and neck. This study was done to quantify the variations of these foramina for better surgical outcome. Methods: The cross sectional study was done on dry adult human skulls. The location of these foramina from inferior orbital fissure and zygomatico–frontal suture were measured using vernier calipers(Castroviejo and Sliding). Results: The types of foramina present in the sample were maximum for type I with 47.30% followed by 34.02% of type II. Type IV foramen was absent. The mean distance from IOF being 1.86 for ZO and 2.26cm for ZF foramina. Conclusions: The entrapment of trigeminal nerve induces severe pain, during surgeries like, the manipulation of the lateral obital wall and endoscopic subperiosteal facelift procedures, hence its exact location is of value.