Endplate volumetric bone mineral density measured by quantitative computed tomography as a novel predictive measure of severe cage subsidence after standalone lateral lumbar fusion.
Ichiro OkanoConor JonesStephan N SalzmannMarie-Jacqueline ReisenerOliver C SaxColleen RentenbergerJennifer ShueJohn A CarrinoAndrew A SamaFrank P CammisaFederico P GirardiAlexander P HughesPublished 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 (2020)
We introduced a novel site-specific vBMD measurement for cage subsidence risk assessment. Our results showed that EP-vBMD was a reproducible measurement and appeared more predictive for severe cage subsidence after SA-LLIF than Tb-vBMD. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.