Mild Changes in Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Quality Predict Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Although this analysis did not show an association between SCM muscle size and pseudoarthrosis, even mild fatty infiltration appears to be independently predictive of pseudoarthrosis. In contrast, PROMs were not associated with SCM size or fatty infiltration. Further work is needed to confirm these findings and explore their clinical implications.
Authors
- Alexa Tomlak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8523-2183)
- Akshay Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4384-2693)
- Yunsoo Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1542-3519)
- José A. Canseco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-5725)
- Teeto Ezeonu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3000-6556)
- Christopher K. Kepler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-4346)
- Emily A. Berthiaume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-7359)
- Mark F. Kurd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9680-1088)
- John J. Mangan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-1036)
- I. David Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-8760)
- Maria Kazantsev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6461-2442)
- Ali S. Farooqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7763-6152)
- Rajkishen Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-3857)
- Alan S. Hilibrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-9687)
- Jeremy C. Heard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5181-3966)
- Robert J. Oris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0860)
- Jonathan Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-2712)
- Gregory D. Schroeder
- Amr Abdel Hamid
- Alexander R. Vaccaro
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- Rothman Orthopaedics (US)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005360
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01