Digital anatomical features of morphological development in C 2 -C 7 neurocentral synchondrosis in children aged 1-6 years: a retrospective study of CT images.

Autor: Yi Y; Graduate School, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Li Z; Graduate School, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Sun R; Imaging Center, Second Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010000, Inner Mongolia, China., Yin Z; Graduate School, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Zhang F; Graduate School, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Wang X; Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.; Inner Mongolia Medical University Digital Medical Center, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Li K; Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.; Inner Mongolia Medical University Digital Medical Center, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China., Zhang S; Department of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China. 24395982@qq.com.; Inner Mongolia Medical University Digital Medical Center, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010110, Inner Mongolia, China. 24395982@qq.com., Ren X; Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, 010050, Inner Mongolia, China. violetrenxiaoyan@126.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of medical research [Eur J Med Res] 2024 Aug 17; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 424. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 17.
DOI: 10.1186/s40001-024-02020-1
Abstrakt: Background: With the continuous improvement of diagnosis and treatment technology for cervical spine-related diseases in children at home and abroad, the demand for exploring the developmental anatomy and function of children's cervical spine of different ages is increasing. So the aim of this study was to investigate the changes of anatomical indicators in neurocentral synchondrosis (NCS) of C 2 -C 7 with age and the developmental characteristics of different vertebrae in children aged 1-6 years old.
Method: A retrospective collection of 160 cases of normal cervical spine CT images of children aged 1-6 years old in provincial tertiary hospitals, according to the age group of 1-year-old into 6 groups. The original data of continuously scanned cervical spine tomography images were imported into Mimics16.0 software, under the two-dimensional image window, selected the measurement tool under the Measurements toolbar to measure and statistically analyzed the anatomical indicators such as cross diameter, sagittal diameter, height, perimeter and area of NCS in the C 2 -C 7 segment of the cervical spine on the coronal plane and cross-section.
Results: There was no significant difference in the anatomical indexes of cervical spine NCS in children compared with the left and right sides of the same vertebrae (P > 0.05). The same cervical spine generally had differences between the age groups of 1-4 years old and 5-6 years old (P < 0.05).The transverse diameter and circumference gradually decreased with age; the sagittal diameter and height showed a slight increase trend; there was a maximum area at 2 years of age. In different cervical vertebrae of the same age group, the NCS values of C 3 , C 4 , and C 5 varied greatly, which showed that the ossification process of cervical cartilage was faster than that at the upper and lower ends. There were obvious differences between C 2 and the rest of the cervical vertebral segments' NCS ossification process. C 7 was also very different from the rest of the cervical vertebrae segments, presumably more similar to the thoracic spine.
Conclusions: The anatomical indexes of C 2 -C 7 NCS in children have obvious developmental regularities at different ages, and there are also regularities between cervical segments.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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