Preoperative cross-sectional area of psoas muscle correlates with short-term functional outcomes after posterior lumbar surgery.
Hikari UrakawaKosuke SatoAvani S VaishnavRyan LeeChirag ChaudharyJung Kee MokSohrab VirkEvan ShehaYoshihiro KatsuuraTakashi KaitoCatherine Himo GangSheeraz A QureshiPublished 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 (2023)
Decreased psoas cross-sectional area on preoperative MRI correlated with functional outcomes after posterior lumbar surgery. NTPA was highly reliable, especially at L3/4.