Paraspinal Lean Muscle Mass Measurement Using Spine MRI as a Predictor of Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Fusion: A Propensity Score–Matched Case-Control Analysis

Autor: Taek-Ho Hong, Min-Yung Chang, Ho-Yeol Zhang, Sang-Hoon Lee, Joong Won Ha, Yung Park, Seung-Hyun Lee
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: American Journal of Roentgenology. 212:1310-1317
ISSN: 1546-3141
0361-803X
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.18.20441
Popis: The purpose of this study was to compare paraspinal muscle mass between patients with and without adjacent segment disease (ASD) after lumbar fusion.Fifty patients with ASD (mean age, 61.4 years; ratio of male to female patients: 13:37; mean body mass index [BMI; weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters], 25.1) were matched to 50 control patients on the basis of age, sex, BMI, and fusion segment. The total cross-sectional area (CSA) and functional CSA (FCSA; i.e., the area containing lean muscle tissue only) of the paraspinal muscle group (the multifidus and erector spinae muscles) and the psoas muscles were measured on preoperative MRI. The ratio of the FCSA to the total CSA and the skeletal muscle index (SMI; calculated as muscle area [expressed as centimeters squared] divided by the square of the patient's height in meters]) were calculated and compared between the two groups with use of the independent-sample t test.The mean FCSA (2178.6 mmPatients with ASD had smaller lean muscle mass (FCSA), a lower ratio of FCSA to total CSA, and a lower SMI of the FCSA of the paraspinal muscle group on pre-operative MRI, compared with control patients.
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