Adjacent Vertebral BMD Decline After Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
We evaluated the changes of vBMD of the cancellous bone and endplates adjacent to the vertebral body, cephalad or caudal to the fused level in LLIF patients through QCT, and can provide a new approach for reducing the occurrence of mechanically related complications after vertebral fusion surgery.
Authors
- William W. Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-2886)
- Meng Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-8394)
- Mingyuan Di
- Chao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7358-4332)
- Jia‐Guo Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5799-3988)
- Bo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-5843)
- Qiang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9485-9734)
- Y Weng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4498-0878)
- Kai Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-8386)
Institutions
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Tianjin First Center Hospital (CN)
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Tianjin Hospital (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/os.70183
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences