Clinical significance and change with age of cervical vertebral uncinate process and transverse process of teenagers / 局解手术学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the uncinate-transverse hole spacing developmental patterns and aging characteristics by means of studying the teenagers aging from 6~20 years old,and provide the basis for image analysis of the treatment and prevention of cervical spondy-losis. Method the 66 adolescents without trauma nor problems of nervous system were selected to do thin spiral CT scan(0. 625 ~1. 25 mm) ,the range was C1 ~T1 . The original data in the form of DICOM are analyzed according to gender and age. Results There was no sig-nificant difference in gender and different sides. Overall,the physical development of human increases gradually with age and has some signifi-cant differences. Conclusion There exists a close relationship between cervical hook-transverse process and the incidence of vertebral artery type and nerve root type cervical spondylosis.