Measurement of thoracic cage indexes with X-ray film in 3-17 years old healthy children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-4497.2018.08.012
- VernacularTitle:X线胸片量化评价法测量3～17岁健康儿童胸廓数据
- Author:
Qian ZHANG
1
;
Qi ZENG
;
Na ZHANG
;
Chenghao CHEN
;
Jie YU
;
Dong YAN
;
Changqi XU
;
Dingyi LIU
;
Jihang SUN
;
Yun PENG
Author Information
1. 100045,国家儿童医学中心 首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院胸外科 北京市儿童外科矫形器具工程技术研究中心
- Keywords:
Pectus excavatum;
Thorax;
Nuss procedure;
X-ray
- From:
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2018;34(8):491-494
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective By measuring the thoracic cage index with chest X-ray film in 3-17 years old healthy children,analyzing the bivariate correlations with age,to provide the reference data for evaluating and following up of chest wall deformity.Methods A retrospective study was conducted for 450 cases of health physical examination from May 2013 to March 2016 in our institution.The anterior intercostal space width(IS),the anterior rib width(RW),and thickness of the rib in the middle(RT) on the right side of 3-7 ribs have been measured in each patient.Statistical describing for each measurement index has been made,and Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between measurement values and ages.Results Each measurement index is strong positive correlated with age (0.6 ＜ r ＜ 0.8,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The anterior intercostal space width,the anterior rib width and the thickness of the ribs in the middle have a growing trend with age in children.It is indeed a useful way to measure thoracic cage data by using the chest X-ray film quantitative evaluation method.The measured values can be used as reference indexes.
