1. Digital anatomical features of morphological development in C2–C7 neurocentral synchondrosis in children aged 1–6 years: a retrospective study of CT images
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Yuying Yi, Ziyu Li, Ruifen Sun, Zhaozheng Yin, Fengzhen Zhang, Xing Wang, Kun Li, Shaojie Zhang, and Xiaoyan Ren
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Cervical vertebra ,Neurocentral synchondrosis ,Digital measurement ,Developmental regularity ,Children ,Medicine - Abstract
Abstract 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 C2–C7 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 C2–C7 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
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- 2024
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