Untreated Osteoporosis in Lumbar Fusion Surgery Patients
Untreated osteoporosis is common before LFS, especially in men, with untreated having lower BMD and higher bone resorption marker levels than treated patients. Identification of osteoporotic cases and subsequent osteological optimization could potentially reduce the risks of adjacent fractures or screw loosening.
Authors
- Matthias Pumberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-7370)
- Federico P. Girardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3269-7602)
- Erika Chiapparelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-2397)
- Arne Kienzle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-2993)
- Andrew A. Sama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3014-7287)
- Gisberto Evangelisti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-4482)
- Lukas Schönnagel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0743-8860)
- Koki Tsuchiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-6939)
- Marco D. Burkhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-1952)
- Ali E. Guven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7663-9043)
- Jennifer Shue
- Frank P. Cammisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-977X)
- Jan Hambrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4152-7465)
- Paul Köhli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7473-6553)
- Alexander P. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7293-9672)
- Shuhan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-3159)
- Jiaqi Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-0179)
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2024-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005231
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43