Bone collagen quality in lumbar fusion patients: the association between volumetric bone mineral density and advanced glycation endproducts.
Henryk HafferErika ChiapparelliMaximilian MuellnerManuel MoserYusuke DodoMarie-Jacqueline ReisenerDominik Adl AminiStephan N SalzmannJiaqi ZhuYi Xin HanEve DonnellyJennifer ShueAndrew 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 (2023)
QCT-derived vBMD measurements were found to be inversely associated with trabecular fAGEs. Our results enhance the understanding of bone integrity by suggesting that spine surgery patients with decreased bone quantity may also have poorer bone quality.