dc.contributor.author | Anwary, Mushtaq I | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T15:09:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T15:09:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-07 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/28855 | |
dc.description | A dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment for the
Degree of Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology),
of University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Interpediculate distances of lumbar spinal canal were
measured on normal, plain, antero-posterior radiographs
of lumbar spine in 185 male and 185 female adult Kenyan
Africans.
Mid-sagittal diameters (Antero-Posterior diameters) of
lumbar spinal canal were measured on normal, plain lateral
radiographs of the lumbar spine in 180 male and 180 female
adult Kenyan Africans.
Mean, standard deviation and 90% tolerance range of interpediculate
and mid-sagittal diameters were calculated at
each lumbar vertebral body leve, in both sexes separately.
The results were compared with those of other authors.
A normal range of 17mm to 25mm for mid-sagittal diameter
is established in both sexes. A graphic representation
of 90% tolerance range of interpediculate distances is
given separately for both sexes.
Finally a recommendation is made to use these ranges in
the assessement of lumbar spinal canal pathology, especially
in cases of suspected spinal canal stenosis. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Normal interpediculate distances and mid-sagittal diameters of the lumbar spinal canal in adult Kenyan Africans | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Degree of Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology), of University of Nairobi. | en |