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The lingual and facial arteries' common origin: a systematic review with meta-analysis and a computed tomography angiography study.
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- Mapping the lingual artery: a scoping review and proposed imaging-informed risk classification for surgical and radiological practice.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Thyrolinguofacial trunk arising laterally from the common carotid artery with superior laryngeal artery and high carotid bifurcation.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Unilateral Linguofacial Trunk of the External Carotid Artery: A Cadaveric Case Report From Myanmar.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Variations in the spatial relationship between the hyoid bone and the carotid arteries and their clinical significance.World journal of radiology · 2025Article
- The Stylohyoid Complex: An Update on Its Embryology, Comparative Anatomy and Human Variations.Biology · 2025Review
- The lingual-facial-ascending pharyngeal trunk.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- The Anatomical Relationship Between the Hyoid Bone and the Carotid Arteries.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Lingual artery: Angiographic anatomy and variations review for neurosurgeons.Surgical neurology international · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeThe present evidence-based systematic review with meta-analysis aimed to investigate the fusion morphology of the lingual artery and facial artery (in the form of the linguofacial trunk-LFT) pooled prevalence and morphometry. After carefully investigating the data literature, a retrospective computed tomography angiography (CTA) study was performed to investigate a few parameters that were not well-studied. MATERIALS: An evidence-based systematic review retrieved 41 studies that met our inclusion criteria to identify the LFT pooled prevalence. The literature search was performed using PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Sciences databases. Then, a meta-analysis of the literature was performed using the open-source R programming language and the RStudio software. Moreover, two hundred CTAs were randomly selected and retrospectively studied to identify LFT topography, morphology, and morphometry.
resultsThe LFT pooled prevalence was calculated at 16.41%. The subgroup analyses for nationality, type of study, laterality, and gender retrieved no statistically significant association. The unilateral appearance was estimated at 15.92%, compared to the bilateral at 3.28% (p < 0.001). Concerning the findings of our original study, 50 LFTs were identified (12.5%) unilaterally in 34 patients and bilaterally in 8 patients. A significant correlation was observed between the distance LFT origin from the carotid bifurcation (CCB) (p < 0.001) and the distances LA and FA origin from the CCB (p = 0.004).
conclusionsA systematic review with meta-analysis of the LFT were presented, along with an original imaging retrospective study investigating detailed parameters of LFT topography, morphology and morphometry. Knowledge of LFT presence is essential for interventionists in the head and neck region.
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