Risk Factors for “Adjacent-Level Ossification Development” Other Than Short Plate-to-Disc Distance and Clinical Implications for Adjacent-Segment Pathology
Factors associated with ALOD were a kyphotic segment adjacent to ACDF, hyperlordotic fusion, preoperative OALL, and short PDD. ALOD was associated with less segmental ROM and, for those with caudal but not cranial ALOD, higher incidence of revision surgery for CASP.
Authors
- David B. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-0217)
- Micheal Raad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8167-5808)
- Khaled M. Kebaish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-6202)
- Sang Hun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-8309)
- Lee H. Riley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7461-4748)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurospine
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14245/ns.2448832.416
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00