Is spinal sagittal alignment of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis relevant to thoracolumbar pain? A controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The extension of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) from the low thoracic spine to the lumbar spine result in adjustment of spinal sagittal alignment in surgical patients. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in sagittal alignment and back pain in the thoracolumbar spine in nonsurgical DISH and control participants selected from a radiological database.

Methods

Participants in the DISH and the control group were selected by searching for "DISH or degenerative changes in the thoracic spine" in the radiology database of Taizhou Hospital between 2018 and 2021 using Resnick and Niwayama's criteria. The subjects with spinal tumors, previous spinal surgery, vertebral fractures, inflammatory diseases, poor-quality radiographs, or loss of follow-u

SUBMITTER: Ruan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature