Splenic Artery Tortuosity Index on Abdominal CT Scan: Correlation with Age, Sex, BMI and Abdominal Cavity Diameters

SUMMARY: Thorough knowledge of splenic artery course and morphology may help clinician to provide better practice. This Study aims at finding out if there was a relationship between splenic artery tortuosity index and age, sex, Body Mass Index (BMI) and abdominal cavity diameters. Routine abdominal Computerized Tomography (CT) scan images were retrospectively analyzed for 219 patients. Splenic artery tortuosity index was calculated. Abdominal cavity diameters were measured. Age, sex, and BMI were recorded. Splenic artery straight length (x) mean was 9.41 cm (SD 1.33). Splenic artery tortuous length mean was 15.15 cm (SD 3.31). Splenic artery tortuosity index mean was 1.63 (SD 0.36). Pearson correlation coefficient for Splenic artery tortuosity index vs. age was: 0.02 (P value 0.80). Splenic artery tortuosity index for females vs. males were 1.70 vs. 1.57 (P value 0.01). Pearson correlation coefficient for Splenic artery tortuosity index vs. BMI was 0.02 (P value 0.75). Pearson correlation coefficient for Splenic artery tortuosity index vs. abdominal cavity diameters were: Anterior-Posterior (AP) diameter -0.01 (P value 0.88) and transverse diameter 0.00 (P value 0.98). There may be a relationship between splenic artery tortuosity and female sex, but not with age, BMI and abdominal cavity diameters (AP and Transverse).

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Main Authors:	Fataftah,Jehad, Manasrah,Zaid, Tayyem,Raed, Qandeel,Haitham, Al-Omari,Mamoon, Shatarat,Amjad, Badran,Darwish
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2020
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022020000100017
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