Skeletal Status in Patients Scheduled for Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: Comparison of Discectomy, Decompression, Fusion, and Revision.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objectives

To investigate and compare the prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) and abnormal laboratory bone metabolism parameters in patients undergoing elective primary discectomy, decompression, and fusion and to outline possible differences in these parameters between patients undergoing revision for skeletal vs non-skeletal complications.

Methods

We retrospectively evaluated BMD measurements by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 389 consecutive patients scheduled for elective lumbar spine surgery. Next to demographic characteristics, laboratory bone metabolism parameters were assessed. Group comparisons were performed between primary discectomy, decompression, and fusion. In patients scheduled for revision su

SUBMITTER: Schaefer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature