Table 6.
The relationship between the morphometric measurements and the pterygoid process pneumatization.
| Morphometric measurements | Pterygoid process pneumatization |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not exist | Exist | ||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| VCP diameter (mm) | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 0.06 |
| VCM diameter (mm) | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.4 | <0.001 |
| VCA diameter (mm) | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 1.7 ± 0.6 | <0.001 |
| VC length (mm) | 12.8 ± 1.9 | 13.0 ± 1.8 | 0.22 |
| VC-MTP angle (°) | 33.21 ± 7.80 | 32.79 ± 7.58 | 0.54 |
| PVC-vomerine crest distance (mm) | 6.4 ± 3.8 | 5.1 ± 4.1 | <0.001 |
| VC-vomerine crest distance (mm) | 13.5 ± 1.6 | 13.7 ± 1.8 | 0.39 |
| VC-FR distance (mm) | 7.2 ± 2.0 | 9.6 ± 2.1 | <0.001 |
| SPF width (mm) | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 0.37 |
VCP, posterior opening of the vidian canal; VCM, middle part of the vidian canal; VCA, anterior opening of the vidian canal; VC, vidian canal; PVC, palatovaginal canal; FR, foramen rotundum; SPF, sphenopalatine foramen; MTP, middle turbinate posterior end. Mean ± standard deviation.