THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF FIBROBLAST PROGRAMMED DIFFERENTION CELLS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF DYSTROPHIC CHANGES OF THE ILIOLUMBAR LIGAMENT

Abstract

Purpose: to define the diagnostic value of morphometric parameters of fibroblast programmed differentiation cells in dystrophic changes of the iliolumbar ligament. Material and methods. Iliolumbar ligaments (n = 86) from 43 corpses (aged from 25 till 90): 28 men (average age 62,9 ± 13,1) and 15 women (average age 63,9 ± 17,1). Results. The correlation (R = 0,74; р = 0,0001) was revealed between the Bonar scale, characterizing the intensity of the dystrophic changes and the morphometric parameters of the nuclei of fibroblast programmed differentiation cells. Conclusion. It was concluded that it was possible to use the parameter representing the relation of the highest value of the cross dimension to the longitudinal one of the cell nucleus of the fibroblastic programmed differentiation for approximate evaluation of the intensity of the dystrophic changes in the iliolumbar ligaments.