Preoperative low Hounsfield units in the lumbar spine are associated with postoperative mechanical complications in adult spinal deformity.
Ippei YamauchiHiroaki NakashimaSadayuki ItoNaoki SegiJun OuchidaRyotaro OishiYuichi MiyairiYoshinori MoritaYukihito OdeYasuhiro NagataniYuya OkadaKazuaki MorishitaYosuke TakeichiYujiro KagamiHiroto TachiKazuma OhshimaKeisuke OguraRyuichi ShinjoTetsuya OharaTaichi TsujiTokumi KanemuraShiro ImagamaPublished 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)
Patients who experienced MCs following surgery for ASD had lower HUs than those who did not. HUs may therefore be more useful than BMD for predicting MCs following surgery for ASD.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- autism spectrum disorder
- coronary artery bypass
- patients undergoing
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- surgical site infection
- spinal cord
- intellectual disability
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- spinal cord injury
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- childhood cancer