Anthropometric Study of Cervical Spine in Adult Nepalese

Abstract

Introduction: Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF) and cervical corpectomies are commonly performed procedures in the neurosurgery and orthopedic units across the world. The size of the graft or prosthesis used is variable on individual basis. Also, geographical variations seem to play one of the vital roles in determining the size of the cervical vertebral body and intervertebral disk dimensions. Objective: To study dimension of C3 to C7 vertebral body and C2/3 to C7/T1 intervertebral disk. Inclusion criteria: Nepalese nationality aged between 18 to 60 year old and those with normal cervical spine Magnetic resonance imaging. Exclusion criteria: Traumatic cervical spine and any pathological lesion, such as infection/tumor, destructing the normal morphology of cervical vertebra.