Semispinalis Cervicis Sarcopenia is Associated With Worsening Cervical Sagittal Balance and Junctional Alignment Following Posterior Cervical Fusion for Myelopathy.
Zachariah W PinterHarold I SalmonsSarah TownsleyAdan OmarGiorgos MichalopoulosBrett A FreedmanBradford L CurrierBenjamin D ElderAhmad N NassrMohamad BydonJeremy FogelsonArjun S SebastianPublished in: Clinical spine surgery (2022)
In a uniform cohort of patients undergoing PCF from C2-T2, SSC sarcopenia was associated with worsening cervicothoracic alignment from 3-month to 1-year postoperatively.