Association between lumbar intervertebral vacuum phenomenon severity and posterior paraspinal muscle atrophy in patients undergoing spine surgery.
Gaston Camino-WillhuberLukas SchönnagelErika ChiapparelliKrizia AmorosoSoji TaniThomas CaffardArtine ArzaniAli E GuvenBruno VernaJiaqi ZhuJennifer ShueWilliam D ZelentyGbolabo SokunbiMariana BenderskyFederico P GirardiAndrew A SamaFrank P CammisaAlexander P HughesPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
IVP severity is positively correlated with paraspinal muscular fatty infiltration. This correlation was stronger for the multifidus than the erector spinae. No correlations were observed in the psoas muscle. The lumbar vacuum severity scale was significantly correlated with advanced disc degeneration with vacuum phenomenon.