Impact of sarcopenia on postoperative clinical outcomes in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Sarcopenia can have an adverse effect on pain relief and functional recovery in CSM patients undergoing ACDF surgery over a 2-year postoperative period. Clinicians should prioritize the assessment and intervention of sarcopenia in such patients to improve their long-term clinical outcomes following surgery.
Authors
- Zelin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3324-3816)
- Yanchi Gan
- Jiahui He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7123-5726)
- Xiangyu Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4588-3420)
- Kai Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-5857)
- Jintao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7965-4837)
- Hao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7178-4816)
- Yan Gong
- De Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9765-7126)
- Yixuan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-7984)
- Xiaobing Jiang
- Zhaojun Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3246-0007)
- Hang Zhuo
Institutions
- Macau University of Science and Technology (MO)
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- University of Macau (MO)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Suzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (CN)
- Ruikang Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European journal of medical research
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-03444-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Guangzhou University