The superiority of endplate Hounsfield units relative to cervical vertebral Hounsfield units in predicting subsidence after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
CT cervical EP-HUs rather than vertebral cervical trabecular HUs may be more efficacious in predicting subsidence after ACDF.
Authors
- Brian A. Karamian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0512-6019)
- Benjamin D. Elder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-7829)
- Ahmad Nassr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7160-734X)
- Arjun S. Sebastian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-7397)
- Hannah A. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-3015)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Jeremy L. Fogelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-5607)
- Bradford L. Currier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-1069)
- Maria Astudillo Potes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8236-0808)
- Brett A. Freedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-0163)
- Zachariah W. Pinter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3011-0991)
- Caden Messer
- Christopher A. Magera
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University of Utah (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.4.spine241067
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00