Exploratory analysis of predictors of revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis or additional postoperative vertebral fracture following adult spinal deformity surgery in elderly patients: a retrospective cohort study.
Hiroshi UeiYasuaki TokuhashiMasafumi MasedaMasahiro NakahashiHirokatsu SawadaKoji MatsumotoHiroyuki MiyakataPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2018)
In elderly patients who required revision surgery, the mean bone densities of vertebral bodies at T8 and T9 were significantly lower. The mean bone density represented in HU on spinal CT may be useful for risk assessment of and countermeasures against revision surgery after ASD surgery in elderly patients.
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