XXXV Italian Spine Society National Congress Ergife Palace Hotel, Rome, Italy May, 17th–19th 2012 ABSTRACTS

Abstract

Introduction: It is common experience that the chronological and biological ages of the cervical spine don't always match because of several etiopathogenic factors: if it were possible to have an evaluation score of the biological age of the spine, this would be a useful diagnostic and therapeutic tool. To this purpose we have started a study of the sole cervical spine based on MRI. We report our provisional results in this communication. Materials and methods: We've taken into consideration the following evaluation criteria in order to establish the cervical rachis aging: