Measurement of Normal Range of Lumbar Spinal Canal in Sudanese Populationpy using CT

Abstract

This is a scientific and practical study which aimed to measure normal diameter of lumber spinal canal in ٍSudanese population and was carried out in Sudan-Khartoum(Royal Care hospital using Toshiba Aquilion 64 slice). A total of “52” normal patients come to the CT departement and were selected randomly; all those patients have age between fifteen to fifty five years. Diagnosis as normal, they were 27 males percentage (51.9%) and they were 25 females percentage (48.1%). The CT measurement done to 5thlumbar vertebra canal in an Antero Posterior & lateral projection , and the measurement done from L1 to L5. This study found that there was less variation between the diameter of spinal canal& age greater than 0.05 and the main variation found between gender diameter of the canal that means the female was (48.1%) and male was (51.9%). The study concluded that lumber vertebra canal diameter was more in males than females. This study recommended a number of recommendations for further studies such as Keeping the ideal weight, constructing number of Slimming Centers, using of medical belt so as to keep intervertebral series of natural form, the technologist should know the normal range of lumbar canal measurements to correct image interpretation and another research with more sample