Is preoperative fat infiltration in lumbar spine muscles associated with worse clinical outcomes after lumbar interbody fusion?
Tiago Amorim-BarbosaDiogo CatelasCatarina PereiraArnaldo SousaJosé Manuel AmorimRicardo Rodrigues-PintoPedro NevesPublished in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2022)
Age and preoperative degree of fat infiltration may be important to predict improvement in leg pain after lumbar interbody fusion. The absence of solid literature on this topic and universal assessment methodologies reinforce the need for further studies.