Dear Editor,
I am very grateful for the comments of authors1.
Our study also has some limitations, as mentioned in the Introduction. Our study was conducted at Ho Chi Minh City Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Hospital, which is the largest ENT hospital in the South of Vietnam2 .
In Vietnam, there are a total of 54 ethnic groups, but the majority are the Kinh (85.32%). All patients in our study were Kinh. All 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam are Asian, especially Southeast Asian3.
The studies you mentioned are all anatomical studies on different races, such as the white, black, and yellow races4, 5.
In our study, we also did not say that this was a representative study of Vietnam; it was only a study conducted at the Ho Chi Minh City ENT Hospital and medical school, Vietnam National University HCM City2 .
In the future, we hope to conduct further research on ethnic minorities in Vietnam to determine if there are any differences.
Keywords:
ethmoidal artery, anterior ethmoidal artery, skull base, CT scan
References
1Al-Mendalawi MD. Letter to the Editor regarding on manuscript "Characteristics of Posterior Ethmoidal Artery and its Relationship with Anterior Ethmoidal Artery and Skull Base on CT Scan". Medeni Med J. 2024;39:330.
2Tran Phan TC, Dang KV. Characteristics of Posterior Ethmoidal Artery and Its Relationship with Anterior Ethmoidal Artery and Skull Base on CT Scan. Medeni Med J. 2024;28;39:85-90.
3Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. List of ethnic groups in Vietnam. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Vietnam (Accessed on September 15, 2024).
4Koch S, Nelson D, Rundek T, Mandrekar J, Rabinstein A. Raceethnic variation in carotid bifurcation geometry. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009;18:349-53.
5Kulich M, Long R, Reyes Orozco F, Yi AH, Hao A, Han JS, et al. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Variations in Sinonasal Anatomy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2023;132:996-1004.
