Influence of coronal-morphology of endplate and intervertebral space to cage subsidence and fusion following oblique lumbar interbody fusion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endplate morphology is considered to be one of the influencing factors of cage subsidence after lumbar interbody fusion (LIF). Previous radiographic evaluations on the endplate mostly used sagittal X-ray or MRI. However, there are few studies on the CT evaluation of the endplate and intervertebral space (IVS), especially the evaluation of coronal morphology and its influence on subsidence and fusion after LIF. We aimed to measure and classify the shapes of the endplate and IVS using coronal CT imaging and evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes of different shapes of the endplate/IVS following oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF).

Methods

A total of 137 patients (average age 59.1 years, including 75 males and 62 females) who underwent L4-5 OLIF c

SUBMITTER: Xie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9252057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature