Research of Adult Spinal Conus Position by MRI
CHEN Lizhen
CHANG Liuhui
XIE Hong
Abstract：Objective To examine the changes of the position of adult spinal cord conus end by MRI, and provide information for spinal anesthesia puncture. Method 120 patients were given lumbar MRI scan before operation. The position of adult spinal cord co-nus end was measured at median sagittal plane and divided into partition according to spine unit. Result The position of spinal cord conus end of the 120 patients was not associated with age, sex, height, weight and body mass index, in the range of T12-L2-3 , mainly in T12-L1 (15% ), L1 U (21. 7% ), between L1 M (23. 3 % ) and L1 L (18. 3% ), with 8 cases below L1-2 , in which one case of women was within L2-3 level. Conclusion MRI examination can accurately determine the adult spinal cord conus end position, pro-vide information for spinal anesthesia, and avoid puncture damage to spinal cord.
Keywords：magnetic resonance imagingspinal cord conusspinal anesthesia
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 51-53 )