Volume : X, Issue : VII, July - 2020

MORPHOMETRY OF SUBCARINAL ANGLE OF TRACHEA IN HUMAN ADULTS USING CT SCAN AND ITS COMPARISON WITH CADAVERIC DATA

Sweta Maurya, Anita Tuli

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INTRODUCTION: Subcarinal angle is an angle between the right and left primary onchus increase of which is an indirect sign of pathology in the heart or mediastinum such as left atrial enlargement, generalized cardiomegaly, lobar collapse, subcarinal mass or pericardial effusion. METHODS: Formalin fixed 30 adult cadaveric lungs procured from the Department of anatomy & Forensic Medicine from autopsies of unclaimed and donated corpses. CT chest of patients in comparable age groups obtained from Dept of Radio–diagnosis, Dr. RML Hospital and PGIMER. Subcarinal angle was measured with goniometer . Standard deviation (SD) and test of significance were calculated using students‘t’ test .RESULTS: Mean of subcarinal angle in cadavers was 76.90±11.58 . The mean of subcarinal angle in CT studies was 76.93±7.58 . The p–value was 0.99 which was >0.05 showing that it remains the same after death. CONCLUSION: Morphometry of subcarinal angle is of use for optimizing surgical & anaesthesiological procedures.

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MORPHOMETRY OF SUBCARINAL ANGLE OF TRACHEA IN HUMAN ADULTS USING CT SCAN AND ITS COMPARISON WITH CADAVERIC DATA, SWETA MAURYA, ANITA TULI INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-7 | July-2020

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