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Is the anatomical distance between the stylohyoid ligament and the carotid artery associated with the risk of internal carotid artery dissection?
Case-Control
No
Is the anatomical distance between the stylohyoid ligament and the carotid artery associated with the risk of internal carotid artery dissection?
Effect estimate: r = -0.659
p-value: p=0.000
A distance of less than 3.9 mm between the stylohyoid ligament and the carotid artery is associated with an increased risk of internal carotid artery dissection in young patients.
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Liu et al. (2017) conducted a case-control in Internal carotid artery dissection. Proximity of stylohyoid ligament to carotid artery vs. Normal distance / normal patients was evaluated on Correlation between stylohyoid ligament-carotid distance and ICA dissection (r = -0.659, p=0.000).
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