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Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population
Spinal canal dimensions may vary according to ethnicity as reported values differ among studies in European and Chinese populations. Here, we studied the change in the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the osseous lumbar spinal canal measured in subjects from three ethnic groups born 70 years apart and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040734 |
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author | Maeder, Benoit Becce, Fabio Kehtari, Sam Monier, Arnaud Chaboudez, Etienne Rothenfluh, Dominique A. Schizas, Constantin Hajdu, Steven D. |
author_facet | Maeder, Benoit Becce, Fabio Kehtari, Sam Monier, Arnaud Chaboudez, Etienne Rothenfluh, Dominique A. Schizas, Constantin Hajdu, Steven D. |
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description | Spinal canal dimensions may vary according to ethnicity as reported values differ among studies in European and Chinese populations. Here, we studied the change in the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the osseous lumbar spinal canal measured in subjects from three ethnic groups born 70 years apart and established reference values for our local population. This retrospective study included a total of 1050 subjects born between 1930 and 1999 stratified by birth decade. All subjects underwent lumbar spine computed tomography (CT) as a standardized imaging procedure following trauma. Three independent observers measured the CSA of the osseous lumbar spinal canal at the L2 and L4 pedicle levels. Lumbar spine CSA was smaller at both L2 and L4 in subjects born in later generations (p < 0.001; p = 0.001). This difference reached significance for patients born three to five decades apart. This was also true within two of the three ethnic subgroups. Patient height was very weakly correlated with the CSA at both L2 and L4 (r = 0.109, p = 0.005; r = 0.116, p = 0.002). The interobserver reliability of the measurements was good. This study confirms the decrease of osseous lumbar spinal canal dimensions across decades in our local population. |
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spelling | pubmed-99559012023-02-25 Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population Maeder, Benoit Becce, Fabio Kehtari, Sam Monier, Arnaud Chaboudez, Etienne Rothenfluh, Dominique A. Schizas, Constantin Hajdu, Steven D. Diagnostics (Basel) Article Spinal canal dimensions may vary according to ethnicity as reported values differ among studies in European and Chinese populations. Here, we studied the change in the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the osseous lumbar spinal canal measured in subjects from three ethnic groups born 70 years apart and established reference values for our local population. This retrospective study included a total of 1050 subjects born between 1930 and 1999 stratified by birth decade. All subjects underwent lumbar spine computed tomography (CT) as a standardized imaging procedure following trauma. Three independent observers measured the CSA of the osseous lumbar spinal canal at the L2 and L4 pedicle levels. Lumbar spine CSA was smaller at both L2 and L4 in subjects born in later generations (p < 0.001; p = 0.001). This difference reached significance for patients born three to five decades apart. This was also true within two of the three ethnic subgroups. Patient height was very weakly correlated with the CSA at both L2 and L4 (r = 0.109, p = 0.005; r = 0.116, p = 0.002). The interobserver reliability of the measurements was good. This study confirms the decrease of osseous lumbar spinal canal dimensions across decades in our local population. MDPI 2023-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9955901/ /pubmed/36832223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040734 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Maeder, Benoit Becce, Fabio Kehtari, Sam Monier, Arnaud Chaboudez, Etienne Rothenfluh, Dominique A. Schizas, Constantin Hajdu, Steven D. Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title | Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title_full | Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title_fullStr | Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title_short | Evolution of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Osseous Lumbar Spinal Canal across Decades: A CT Study with Reference Ranges in a Swiss Population |
title_sort | evolution of the cross-sectional area of the osseous lumbar spinal canal across decades: a ct study with reference ranges in a swiss population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040734 |
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