Association between paraspinal muscle quality and surgery for adjacent segment disease
Our study found that patients who undergo surgery for adjacent segment disease have 24% higher fat percentage in their paraspinal musculature at L3 and 22% higher fat percentage at the proximal end of their fusion construct.
Authors
- Jung U. Yoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-7151)
- Peter Z. Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-6188)
- Gurmit Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-5790)
- Spencer Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0760-0987)
Institutions
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2025.100594
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47