The contributions of cartilage endplate composition and vertebral bone marrow fat to intervertebral disc degeneration in patients with chronic low back pain.
Noah B BonnheimLinshanshan WangAnn A LazarJiamin ZhouRavi ChachadNico SollmannXiaojie GuoClaudia IriondoConor O'NeillJeffrey C LotzThomas M LinkRoland KrugAaron J FieldsPublished 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 (2022)
Poor CEP composition plays a significant role in disc degeneration severity and can affect disc health both with and without deficits in vertebral perfusion.