The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level
Abstract Background We aimed to evaluate the correlation of the changes radiologically in the vertebral level of the cricoid cartilage according to age and gender to reduce the application difficulties and complication rates in cervical region nerve blockades and surgeries. Results The mean age of a...
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| author | Burcu Ozalp Horsanali Zeki Tuncel Tekgul Özgür Esen Gizem Demir Şenoğlu |
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| description | Abstract Background We aimed to evaluate the correlation of the changes radiologically in the vertebral level of the cricoid cartilage according to age and gender to reduce the application difficulties and complication rates in cervical region nerve blockades and surgeries. Results The mean age of all patients included in the study was 56.06 ± 17.22 years. We observed that while the line drawn from the cricoid cartilage to the vertebral column level passed over the C6 transverse process in women, it was below the C6 transverse process in men. A significant difference was also observed between the vertebral corpus level according to gender (p < 0.001). We could not find a significant difference between the transverse process and corpus level according to age. Conclusions We found a significant difference according to gender in the correlation of the cervical vertebra transverse process and corpus with the cricoid cartilage line which are two important levels frequently used in clinical practice to ensure successful and non-complicated blockage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5ab3f1fe2fd4270983485f4d967dfcb2023-06-25T11:09:36ZengSpringerOpenAin Shams Journal of Anesthesiology2090-925X2023-06-011511610.1186/s42077-023-00345-3The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical levelBurcu Ozalp Horsanali0Zeki Tuncel Tekgul1Özgür Esen2Gizem Demir Şenoğlu3Department of Algology, Izmir Bakırçay University Çiğli Training and Research HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research HospitalDepartment of Radiology, Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Duzce UniversityAbstract Background We aimed to evaluate the correlation of the changes radiologically in the vertebral level of the cricoid cartilage according to age and gender to reduce the application difficulties and complication rates in cervical region nerve blockades and surgeries. Results The mean age of all patients included in the study was 56.06 ± 17.22 years. We observed that while the line drawn from the cricoid cartilage to the vertebral column level passed over the C6 transverse process in women, it was below the C6 transverse process in men. A significant difference was also observed between the vertebral corpus level according to gender (p < 0.001). We could not find a significant difference between the transverse process and corpus level according to age. Conclusions We found a significant difference according to gender in the correlation of the cervical vertebra transverse process and corpus with the cricoid cartilage line which are two important levels frequently used in clinical practice to ensure successful and non-complicated blockage.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00345-3CricoidComputed tomographyStellate ganglion |
| spellingShingle | Burcu Ozalp Horsanali Zeki Tuncel Tekgul Özgür Esen Gizem Demir Şenoğlu The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology Cricoid Computed tomography Stellate ganglion |
| title | The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| title_full | The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| title_fullStr | The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| title_short | The importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| title_sort | importance of the cricoid cartilage as an anatomic land mark of cervical level |
| topic | Cricoid Computed tomography Stellate ganglion |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-023-00345-3 |
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