Abstract：Objective To discuss the basivertebral foramen (BF) of lumbar spine (L1-L5), including the form and the differences between different vertebral bodies, through the observation of the lumbar vertebrate basivertebral foramen.Methods CT scan data of 30 healthy adults (18 to 55 years old) from September 2011 to September 2012 in the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University and the Second Affiliated Hospital were measured using Mimics 16.0 software. The following index were observed: BF wide (BFW), deep (BFD), high (BFH) in the absolute value,to do a prospective study of the morphology of lumbar BF.Results In BF ,there were 84.6%(127/150) for trapezoidal or triangular,10.0%(15/150) for rectangular, irregular accounting for 5.4%(8/150), however 8.0%(12/150) for bone interval. BFW: L1 and L3-L5 was statistically significant (all P values<0.05), the rest was not statistically significant, the overall growth was flat with vertebral increasing trend, minimum located L1, maximum located L4. BFD: L1 and L2-L5 statistically significant (all P values<0.05), L2 and L3 was statistically significant (all P values<0.05), the rest were not statistically significant, the overall trend showed an increasing trend, the minimum located L1, maximum at L4. BFH: L1-L4 and L5 was statistically significant (all P values<0.05), the overall trend was "wavy" tendency, a minimum located L5, maximum located L4.Conclusions There are basivertebral foramen in the lumbar vertebra of the human body: triangular, rectangular and irregular shape. The overall growth of BFW was flat with an increasing trend, the overall trend of BFD showed an increasing trend and the overall trend of BFH was "wavy" trend. Results of this research provide morphological evidence for clinical surgery and imaging studies.
康小燕,薛咏春,王星,刘路,张少杰,李志军. 腰椎椎基静脉孔的CT多平面重组观测[J]. 中华解剖与临床杂志, 2015, 20(4): 302-305.
Kang Xiaoyan, Xue Yongchun, Wang Xing, Liu Lu, Zhang Shaojie, Li Zhijun.. CT imaging observations of the lumbar vertebrate basivertebral foramen. Chinese Journal of Anatomy and Clinics, 2015, 20(4): 302-305.
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