Vertebral Bone Quality Score Independently Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and/or Failure After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
Cathleen C KuoMohamed A R SolimanAlexander O AguirreNicco RuggieroMarissa KrukAsham KhanMoleca M GhannamNeil D AlmeidaPatrick K JowdyDavid E SmolarJohn PollinaJeffrey P MullinPublished in: Neurosurgery (2022)
In patients undergoing ASD correction, higher VBQ was independently associated with PJK/PJF occurrence. Measurement of VBQ score on preoperative MRI may be a useful adjunct to ASD surgery planning.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- minimally invasive
- autism spectrum disorder
- coronary artery bypass
- bone mineral density
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- surgical site infection
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord
- intellectual disability
- risk assessment
- coronary artery disease
- quality improvement
- spinal cord injury
- magnetic resonance
- working memory
- diffusion weighted imaging