Assessing Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Goutallier Classification and Quantitative MRI Measurements.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscle is associated with spinal disorders. It can be assessed qualitatively (i.e., Goutallier classification) and quantitatively using image processing software. The aims of this study were to compare paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration as assessed using the Goutallier classification vs. quantitative magnetic resonance images (MRI) measurements and to investigate the association between anthropometric parameters and paraspinal muscle morphology and fatty infiltration in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods: Patients affected by symptomatic LSS scheduled for surgery with available MRI of the lumbar spine were included in this retrospective cross-sectional study. Fatty infiltration at each lumbar level was

SUBMITTER: Mandelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8446197 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature