Cervical Cord to Canal Diameter Ratio

NCT05176301 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DaeguCUMC
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Cervical epidural block could cause spinal cord injury if the epidural needle is over-inserted and punctures the spinal cord. Investigators retrospectively evaluated the imaging data of 100 patients (50 men and 50 women) who underwent both cervical computed tomography (CT) and cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at our hospital. Investigators measured the diameters of the spinal canal and spinal cord from the 3rd cervical vertebra to the 1st thoracic vertebra (T1) at each level by using the patients' cervical CT and MR images. The spinal cord and spinal canal diameters were measured in the transverse plane of cervical MR and CT images, respectively.

Conditions

Cervical Pain

Keywords

Coronal; Cervical canal diameter; Cervical cord diameter

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the cord to canal diameter ratio

  the measurement of the cord to canal diameter ratio, i.e., the cord to epidural space diameter ratio of each cervical vertebral level from the 3rd cervical vertebra (C3) to the 1st thoracic vertebra (T1) in the coronal plane

  from December 1, 2020 through study completion, an average of 2 years were investigated retrospectively.

Interventions

computed tomography, Magnetic resonance image RADIATION

Investigators measured the cervical cord and canal diameter by using CT and MRI that were previously taken.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

patients who visited Daegu catholic university hospital

You may qualify if:

• patients (50 men and 50 women aged 20 to 70 years old) who visited our hospital and underwent both cervical CT and MRI simultaneously

You may not qualify if:

• patients who had a history of cervical spine surgery or cervical cord edema, whose CT or MR images did not include all the cervical vertebrae from C3 to T1,
• patients who had at least one missing medical detail such as diagnosis, age, height, or weight.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Daegu Catholic University Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Daegu Catholic University Hospital

Daegu, South Korea

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Jin Y Jung, M.D.

  Daegu Catholic University Medical Center

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 3, 2021
• First Posted: January 4, 2022
• Study Start: June 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2021
• Study Completion: July 12, 2021
• Last Updated: April 1, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

KR (1)