Measurement of Foremen Magnum in Adult Sudanese using Computed Tomography

Abstract

This was descriptive cross sectional study the problem of the study was that there is no specific characterization of the dimensions of the FM as standard in Sudanese population, study aimed to measure the foramen magnum in Adult Sudanese using computed tomography conducted in Northern State at Aldaman Hospital during the period from March to October 2022, The Data were collected from 100 patients using data collection sheet containing the following variables; age, gender, as well as the measurements relating to foramen magnum include FML and FMW and analyzed statistically by SPSS, their age (20-30) years (50%) males and (50%) females. The results found that the mean of foremen magnum length was (35.05±3.11) mm, the mean of foremen magnum width was (29.15±2.52) mm, males average length was (35.4±2.32) mm and width was (29.51±2.72) mm, females average length was (34.71±3.73) mm and width was (28.79±2.27) mm, there was statistically insignificant correlation between gender and foremen magnum measurements (p-value = 0.268 and 0.153) and there was statistically insignificant correlation between age and foremen magnum measurements (p-value = 0.973 and 0.105), there was statistically insignificant difference in foremen magnum measurements between males and females (sigs. > 0.05); males measurements greater than females measurements. there was statistically insignificant difference in foremen magnum measurements between age groups (sigs. = 0.888 and 0.27), there was very weak linear relationship between age and foremen magnum length (R² = 0.0006), between age and foremen magnum diameter (R² = 0.0006) and weak positive linear relationship between age and foremen magnum width (R² = 0.025). The study concluded that there was very weak linear relationship between age and foremen magnum length, between age and foremen magnum diameter and weak positive linear relationship between age and foremen magnum width.