Anatomical Variations of Frontal Sinuses Among The Male and Female Genders Living in Karachi
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Objective: To determine morphology and variation in dimensions of frontal air sinuses in male and female genders living
in Karachi.
Study Design and Setting: It was a cross sectional study and was conducted at Radiology Department, JPMC.
Methodology: The total number of study participants were 216. The research subjects were divided into two equal groups
of males and females each having 108 members. The mean age of the participants was calculated to be 35.14 ± 8.68 years.
The study subjects were recruited from Radiology Department, JPMC, Karachi. After taking written informed consent,
Water’s (occipito-mental) view radiography was done to measure the parameters of height, width and area of the frontal
air sinuses. The included variables were the demographic data and the physical examination to exclude facial anomalies.
All the measurements were recorded and the measurements were saved by the help of Radiant DICOM digital software.
Results: The parameters of height, width and the area of frontal sinuses showed highly significant variability on both the
right and the left sides. All the dimensions were highly significantly greater in the males as compared to the female study
participants (p=0.000). The Independent-Samples T Test was applied to compare the two gender groups.
Conclusion: The parameters of height, width and area of frontal sinuses were greater in the males as compared to the
females on both the left and the right sides.
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