Pre-operative bone quality deficits and risk of complications following spine fusion surgery among postmenopausal women.
Dash AS, Billings E, Vlastaris K, Kim HJ, Cunningham ME, Raphael J, Lovecchio F, Carrino JA, Lebl D, McMahon D, Stein EM.
Dash AS, et al.
Osteoporos Int. 2024 Mar;35(3):551-560. doi: 10.1007/s00198-023-06963-9. Epub 2023 Nov 7.
Osteoporos Int. 2024.
PMID: 37932510
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While skeletal complications are common, underlying skeletal deficits are often missed by pre-operative DXA due to artifact from spinal pathology. This prospective cohort study investigated pre-operative bone quality using high resolution peripheral CT (HRpQCT) and …
While skeletal complications are common, underlying skeletal deficits are often missed by pre-operative DXA due to artifact fr …