The vertebral Hounsfield units can quantitatively predict the risk of adjacent vertebral fractures after percutaneous kyphoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring the Hounsfield units (HU) of the vertebrae may yield diagnostic information for fracture risk. This study aimed to measure HU of vertebrae in percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) patients using computed tomography (CT) imaging to determine the HU measurements threshold for adjacent vertebral fracture and to assess the relationship between HU measurements and the risk of adjacent vertebral fracture.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted on consecutive patients who underwent PKP between January 2019 and October 2021 in the China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University. The HU of the vertebra was measured on the reconstructed CT images by 2 independent spine surgeons. The HU measurements of adjacent vertebrae and the ratio of HU measurements between the su

SUBMITTER: Jiang LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9929385 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature