ReviewInsights into imaging2019
An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk - a pictorial review.
Review in Insights into imaging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Infraorbital canal variants and its clinical and surgical implications. A systematic review.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Pooled it
- Anatomical variations of lamina papyracea, internal carotid artery, and optic canal dehiscence and protrusion: a computed tomography retrospective cohort study.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- An exploratory study of Type B variation of the sciatic nerve.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Sciatic Nerve and Its Anatomical Variations: In-Depth Understanding Acquired During Dissection Classes.Cureus · 2024Article
- Protrusion of the infraorbital canal into the maxillary sinus: A cross-sectional study in Cairo, Egypt.Imaging science in dentistry · 2022Article
- Common carotid artery distortion before percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.World journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Morphometric investigation of the infraorbital canal and determination of its "suspended" variant: a multidetector computed tomography study.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images. As some of these complications are potentially fatal, awareness (and accurate reporting) of such variants is a basic responsibility of radiologists, particularly when surgery in the pertinent anatomic area is under consideration.
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