Cerebrospinal fluid velocity changes of idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary study on 3-T PC-MRI and 3D-SPACE-VFAM data
Child's Nervous System, cilt.38, sa.2, ss.379-386, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00381-021-05339-w
- Dergi Adı: Child's Nervous System
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.379-386
- Anahtar Kelimeler: PC-MRI, CSF, Idiopathic scoliosis, Magnetic resonance imaging, 3-Tesla, 3D-SPACE
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.Objectives: To the best of our knowledge, there is no study on 3-Tesla (3-T) phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) and three-dimensional sampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts using different flip-angle evolutions (3D-SPACE-VFAM) in the evaluation of idiopathic scoliosis. This study aimed to investigate CSF abnormalities in the scoliotic spine using 3-T PC-MRI and 3D-SPACE-VFAM techniques. Methods: Thirty-four patients and 14 controls were examined with spinal PC-MRI and T2-weighted 3D-SPACE-VFAM techniques. Inter- and intra-reader agreements of flow-void phenomenon on 3D-SPACE-VFAM images, and velocity values on PC-MRI data were also evaluated. Results: There are statistically significant differences between scoliosis and control groups based on the highest and mean peak velocity values on PC-MRI images (p = 0.005 and p = 0.023, respectively). The main thoracic (MT) group’s highest peak CSF velocity values were higher than the control group (p = 0.022). There is a significant difference between the patient and control groups regarding flow-void phenomenon scores on 3D-SPACE-VFAM images (p = 0.036). Inter- and intra-reader agreement values related to PC-MRI velocity measurements were perfect for all PC-MRI readings. Inter- and intra-reader agreement values of the flow-void phenomenon scores were moderate. Conclusions: Our study has led us to conclude that idiopathic scoliosis is associated with CSF flow disturbances in parallel with the literature. MRI can demonstrate these abnormalities in a non-invasive and radiation-free way.