The predictive value of preoperative paraspinal muscle morphometry on complications after lumbar surgery: a systematic review

H Gengyu, D Jinyue, G Chunjie, Z Bo, J Yu… - European Spine …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The effect of paraspinal muscles atrophy and fat infiltration (FI) on the complications
of spinal surgery has not been established. Methods A review of the literature was …

Methods of evaluating lumbar and cervical fusion

JA Gruskay, ML Webb, JN Grauer - The Spine Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduced in 1911, spinal fusion is now widely used to stabilize the cervical, thoracic, and
lumbar spine. Despite advancements in surgical techniques, including the use of …

Different risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis and proximal junctional failure following long instrumented fusion to the sacrum for adult spinal deformity …

SJ Park, CS Lee, SS Chung, JY Lee, SS Kang… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: The failure modes, time to development, and clinical relevance are known
to differ between proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF) …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of spinopelvic parameters and paraspinal muscle degeneration on S1 screw loosening

JB Kim, SW Park, YS Lee, TK Nam… - Journal of Korean …, 2015 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objective To investigate risk factors for S1 screw loosening after lumbosacral fusion,
including spinopelvic parameters and paraspinal muscles. Methods We studied with 156 …

Should thoracolumbar junction be always avoided as upper instrumented vertebra in long instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity?: risk factor analysis for …

SJ Park, CS Lee, JS Park, KJ Lee - Spine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective study. Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the
risk factors for proximal junctional failure (PJF) following long instrumented fusion stopping …

Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with stand-alone cages in patients with multilevel degenerative cervical spine disease is safe

MH Tohamy, G Osterhoff, AS Abdelgawaad… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Background In case of spinal cord compression behind the vertebral body, anterior cervical
corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) proves to be a more feasible approach than cervical …

Can fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle be a predictor of postoperative symptoms and complications in patients undergoing lumbar fusion for degenerative lumbar …

G Han, D Zou, X Li, S Zhang, Z Li, S Zhou, W Li… - Journal of orthopaedic …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to explore whether 25% as the cutoff value of fat infiltration (FI) in
multifidus (MF) could be a predictor of clinical outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) …

[HTML][HTML] Range of motion, sacral screw and rod strain in long posterior spinal constructs: a biomechanical comparison between S2 alar iliac screws with traditional …

CE Sutterlin III, A Field, LA Ferrara… - Journal of Spine …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background S1 screw failure and L5/S1 non-union are issues with long fusions to S1.
Improved construct stiffness and S1 screw offloading can help avoid this. S2AI screws have …

Biomechanics of sacropelvic fixation: a comprehensive finite element comparison of three techniques

F Galbusera, G Casaroli, R Chande, D Lindsey… - European Spine …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Sacropelvic fixation is frequently used in combination with thoracolumbar
instrumentation for complex deformity correction and is commonly associated with …

The fatty degeneration of the lumbar erector spinae muscles affects dynamic spinal compensation ability during gait in adult spinal deformity

K Miura, H Kadone, T Asada, M Koda, T Funayama… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study aimed to investigate whether fat infiltration in lumbar paravertebral muscles
assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be related to dynamic sagittal spino …