High Endplate Hounsfield Units Value Indicate Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery.
Huo-Liang ZhengBo LiShao-Kuan SongLei-Sheng JiangXin-Feng ZhengSheng-Dan JiangPublished in: Orthopaedic surgery (2023)
There is a significant association between LDD and endplate HU value after TLIF surgery in patients with degenerative lumbar stenosis. Beyond that, results from this study provide a mechanism by which high endplate HU value predisposes to LDD after TLIF surgery.