title: [Clinical significance of vertebral artery MRA to vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis' diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study clinical significance of vertebral artery magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis' diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were two groups in the study, which were observation group and control group. There were 53 patients in observation group,including 19 males and 34 females,with a mean age of (52.51 +/- 11.29) years. There were 30 subjects in control group,including 10 males and 20 females,with a mean age of (48.11 +/- 12.21) years. Based on the vertebral artery MRA picture,the course and caliber of vertebral artery were compared between two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The abnormal incidence of course and caliber of vertebral artery in observation group was higher than that of control group, which had statistic difference (P=0.000). Furthermore, the patterns of abnormal course and caliber of vertebral artery in observation group were complicated and diverse, but the regional circuity and stegnosis was the most common pattern,about 47.18%(25/53). The cause of circuity and stegnosis was vertebra Gu-Cuofeng,about 43.41% (23/53).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The vertebral artery MRA provides a guidance for the diagnosis of abnormal course and caliber of vertebral artery in vertebral artery cervical spondylosis.
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Cai
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Yin-Yu
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Dong-Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Shi-Rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Kai-Yong
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Shi's Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM, Shanghai 200021, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*