Sonographic Assessment of the Portal Vein Diameter in Some Healthy Adults Saudi Population

Abstract

This was cross sectional descriptive study aimedtomeasurement of normal main portal vein diameter among adults healthySaudiusing ultrasound, carried out in Elkarama Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2018 to May 2019. There were a total of 124 participants were scanned using ultrasound machine HITACHI ALOKA F37 (SN-20499096, Japan) with curvilinear transducer with a frequency of 3.5Mega Hertz, among these, 68(55%) were females 56(45%) males, who underwent abdominal ultrasound for various reasons, at in Riyadh region.All cases had age of 18 to 91 years and had normal liver, any patient had age less than 19 or had liver disease was excluded from this study. ultrasound was done investigating portal vein diameter. Ethical clearance was obtained from the ethical committee and the head of Radiology department. Data was collected using data collection sheets and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Study foundthat, the mean age was 44.88±16.32years,mean portal vein diameter was 10.40± 1.22mm. Also study found, mean portal vein diameter was significantly higher in males (10.7± 1.1mm) than in females(10.1± 1.2). Study revealed thatno significant correlation between body mass index and portal vein diameter (P>0.O5). The study concludedthat the portal vien diameter in male is larger than female ,BMT and age had no significant with PVD. Study recommended that further studies should be done with large sampling in different phases of respiration (inspiration , expiration & quiet respiration).