Body Mass Index Correlates with Skin to Spinal Canal Distance: A Large Retrospective Single-Center Study.
Keon MahmoudiYoung Joon Fred KwonShingo KihiraJonathan GoldsteinKatherine Laura GarveySamantha PlattPuneet B BelaniBrian RigneyThomas NaidichAnthony Beardsworth CostaAmish DoshiPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)
There was direct, positive linear correlation between BMI and SCD at clinically relevant lumbar disc levels. Furthermore, there is considerable anatomical variance in the intervertebral space that aligns with the superior aspect of the iliac crest.