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Three‐dimensional reconstruction and measurement of cervical vertebral CT images: Anatomical bases for cervical anterior transpedicular screw fixation
Author(s) -
Ouyang Jun,
Chen Chun,
Wu Changfu,
Wu Peidong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.14.2
Subject(s) - medicine , sagittal plane , cervical vertebrae , fixation (population genetics) , cervical spine , anatomy , chinese population , population , orthodontics , nuclear medicine , surgery , biology , biochemistry , environmental health , gene , genotype
Objective To study the morphometric characteristics of Chinese lower cervical vertebrae in order to investigate the feasibility of cervical anterior transpedicular screw (ATPS) fixation and provide anatomical data. Methods Cervical CT images from 50 healthy volunteers (35 male and 15 female) were collected. All the images from C3–C7 were reconstructed by Mimics 13.0 software. We measured the dimensions of the vertebral bodies and pedicles from images of multiplanar reconstruction, as well as the parameters related to ATPS technology. Results Some of the vertebrae parameters has a statistic differences between the male and female groups (P<0.05). And the sagittal Pedicle Angles increased with the number of cervical vertebrae in all specimens (P<0.05). Conclusions This study provides the cervical spine morphological parameters from Chinese population, which provides the basis for ATPS research for osteoporosis patients.