Evaluation of Foramen Magnum Dimensions Using CT Scan Images Among Sudanese Patients
Mohammed Elfatih Elbadri1, Emad Ibrahim Ahmed2* and Fawaz Eljili1,3
1Assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and anatomy, National university, Sudan.
2Assistant professor of neurosurgery, College of medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology department of surgery, Khartoum, Sudan.
3Registrar of Neurosurgery, MRCS, MSc (Molecular Medicine), MPH, National centre for Neurological Sciences (NCNS), Khartoum, Sudan.
*Corresponding Author: Emad Ibrahim Ahmed, Assistant professor of neurosurgery, College of medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Department of surgery, Khartoum, Sudan.
Received: October 28, 2022 Published: November 22, 2022
Abstract
Background: The foramen magnum is a spot in the base of the skull through which vital organs pass. It consists of parts of the occipital bone at the axis and the temporal bones bilaterally. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the foramen magnum dimensions using CT scan images. The study is a descriptive and analytic one using different axial sections of skull images.
Methods: the study was carried out at Antalya Medical center- Khartoum state – Sudan at 2021. Fifty patients with well-established diagnoses of normal foramen magnum were included in the study. The maximum anteroposterior and transverse diameters of the foramen magnum were measured, the index was calculated, and the shape was identified. Statistical analysis was performed using (SPSS) version 16. Correlations between the variables were performed using ANOVA analysis, Means, and Chi-Square Tests for correlation.
Results: the total number of subjects under study is 50 cases, 23 are male and 27 are female. The age ranges from 20 to 70 years. Different shapes of foramen magnum were observed, and the most common is oval, with no significant difference (p=.277) between males and females. There is a significant difference in the mean foramen magnum width of males and females (p=.001). There is no significant change in foramen magnum length between males and females (p = 0.069).
Conclusion: CT scan is a useful and effective tool for measuring foramen magnum dimensions.
Keywords: foramen magnum, CT scan, sundaes patients, oval shape
Citation: Elbadri ME, Ahmed EI, Eljili F. “Evaluation of Foramen Magnum Dimensions Using CT Scan Images Among Sudanese Patients”. SVOA Neurology 2022, 3:6, 255-263.
