Risk of further surgery after decompression in patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis extending to the lumbar segments: focus on the number of residual lumbar/lumbosacral and sacroiliac mobile segments.

Atsushi TanakaTakayoshi ShimizuToshiyuki KawaiShunsuke FujibayashiKoichi MurataShuichi MatsudaBungo Otsuki

Published 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 (2023)

L-DISH patients with fewer than three mobile caudal segments besides index decompression levels are at a high risk of further surgery. Ankylosis status of the residual lumbar segments and SIJ should be thoroughly evaluated using CT during preoperative planning.

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minimally invasive
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