颈椎黄韧带肥厚与性别及年龄的相关研究

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Objective:To explore the relation between the hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum (HLF) of the cervical vertebra and gender and age. Methods: All 150 patients' thickness of the ligamentum flavum in double-side of cervical vertebra were measured by an 1. S T superconduct MRI system from GE company. USA. Results: Total 562 ligamenta flavum of C3-.4, C4-5. Cs~t . And C?~7 vertebral level presented hypertrophy, the mean thickness was more than 3 mm on the trans-vers section of the images. HLF was more often occurred in C3~s level. And it becomes more serious with the age getting older. There was no any difference of the hypertrophy between male and female. Conclusion: The hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum of cervical vertebra is not related with gender, but there is a significant relation with age. And the incidence of the thickness of left ligamentum avum is much higher than right ligamentum flavum.%目的:探讨黄韧带的增厚(H LF)与年龄和性别之间的关系.方法:对150例颈椎黄韧带肥厚的患者使用美国GE公司生产的1.5T超导型MRI装置,测量所有的黄韧带厚度.结果:150例患者C3～4、C4～5、C5～6、C6～7水平肥大黄韧带共计562条黄韧带,所统计的黄韧带增厚标准均在横轴位上,黄韧带厚度＞ 3.0mm,黄韧带肥厚多发生于C3～6水平.且随着年龄的增加,黄韧带肥厚的程度也在增加；而男女性别之间黄韧带肥厚发生率无显著性差异.结论:颈椎黄韧带的肥厚与性别无关,与年龄相关,左侧黄韧带增厚几率明显大于右侧.