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Received: 26.12.2022. >> Accepted: 03.02.2023. >> Published: 01.12.2022. Biochemistry
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https://doi.org/10.17392/1575-23

Magnetic resonance morphometry of the lumbar spinal canal in Zenica - Doboj Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Belma Jaganjac Orcid logo ,
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Amina Džidić-Krivić ,
Amina Džidić-Krivić

Department of Neurology, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Hakija Bečulić ,
Hakija Bečulić

Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Armin Šljivo ,
Armin Šljivo

Department of Emergency Medicine, University Clinical Centre Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Emir Begagić ,
Emir Begagić

Department of General Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Adis Šišić
Adis Šišić

Department of Emergency Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Abstract

Aim
To investigate morphometric determinants of lumbar canal in patients treated in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, and their variation
according to gender.
Methods
Morphometry of lumbar spinal canal was assessed in 52 patients treated at the Department of Neurosurgery of Cantonal
Hospital Zenica in the period between September 2022 and November 2022. Data were collected retrospectively: anteroposterior and transverse diameter of lumbar vertebrae and intervertebral discs, as well as anteroposterior diameter of the spinal canal.
Results
Gender appeared to be an important morphometric determinant, since it significantly differed when it comes to lumbar vertebral anteroposterior and transverse diameter, being mostly larger in males.
Conclusion
This study increases anatomical knowledge of the vertebras and spinal canal of the lumbar region. Therefore, the measured dimensions of the lumbar vertebrae and spinal canal could be used as a baseline point for evaluation of patients presenting
with low back pain and potential spinal canal stenosis. 

Keywords:

morphometry,
spine,
spinal canal,
Torg-Pavlov ratio

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