Morphometric analysis of cervical vertebrae with multidetector computerized tomography

Aim: We aimed to present some morphometric values of the cervical vertebra in our study. Materials and Methods: The study was performed on 100 individuals (50 females-50 males) aged between 20 and 80 years with multidetector computed tomography and cervical vertebrae. Parameters are measured and recorded in our work; sagittal diameter of foramen vertebra, transverse diameter of foramen vertebra, sagittal diameter of corpus vertebra, transverse diameter of corpusvertebra and corpus vertebra height. Findings: We investigated whether there was a statistically significant difference between men and women. Sagittal diameter ofcorpus vertebra and transverse diameter of corpus vertebra values were significantly higher in all cervical vertebrae than in females (p0.05). Corpus vertebrae height values were significantly higher (p0.05) in men except C2 vertebrae. Conclusion: As a result, the averages we obtained are important in terms of creating reference values in Turkish society. We think that these values will help radiologists for diagnosis and surgeons for surgical interventions