Average Lumbar Hounsfield Units Predicts Osteoporosis-Related Complications Following Lumbar Spine Fusion.
Jeffery D St JeorTaylor J JacksonAshley E XiongBrett A FreedmanArjun S SebastianBradford L CurrierJeremy L FogelsonMohamad BydonAhmad NassrBenjamin D ElderPublished in: Global spine journal (2020)
The gold standard for assessing bone mineral density has been DXA t-scores, but the best predictor of ORC remains unclear. While both lower t-scores and average HU were associated with ORC, only HU was an independent predictor of ORC.