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Year : 2019 | Volume
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Impact of imaging modality, age, and gender on craniocervical junction angles in adults without structural pathology
Ibrahim Hussain1, Graham M Winston1, Jacob Goldberg1, Cloe Curri2, Nicholas Williams3, J Levi Chazen4, Jeffrey P Greenfield1, Ali A Baaj1
1 Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA 2 Department of Paediatric Surgery and Transplant, Orthopaedic Unit, Bambino GesÙ Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy 3 Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA 4 Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ibrahim Hussain Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, Box 99, New York, NY 10065 USA
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_125_19
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Context: Multiple angles of the craniocervical junction (CCJ) are associated with pathological conditions and surgical outcomes, including the clivo-axial angle (CXA), clival slope (CS), and sagittal axis (XS). However, there are varying normative ranges reported and a paucity of data analyzing the effects of imaging modality, age, and gender on these angles.
Setting and Design: A retrospective review of computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in fifty adults without CCJ pathology from 2014 to 2019.
Methods: Age, gender, indication, and hours between scans were recorded. Two-blinded observers measured all angles. Analysis between angles from the same patient was performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Multivariable linear regression was used to test for associations between average angles and age or gender.
Results: Average age and time between scans were 41.3 and 14.3 h, respectively, with 94% performed due to trauma. On CT, average CXA, CS, and XS were 162.1°, 118.4°, and 81.3°, respectively. On MRI, they were 159.8°, 117.2°, 85.3°, respectively. There were statistically significant differences between CXA and XS (P < 0.01) based on imaging modality. On CT, there was a significant increase in XS by 1.93°° and decrease in CS by 1.88°° and on MRI, there was a significant increase in CXA by 1.93°° and decrease in CS by 2.75°° corresponding with a 10-year advancement of age. Gender did not have an effect.
Conclusion: There are significant differences in angular measurements of the CCJ between CT and MRI from the same patient, as well as changes in normative values based on age.
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