Objective To evaluate whether postoperative spinopelvic compensation is associated with functional improvement in patients with residual sagittal imbalance after short-segment lumbar fusion. Methods Clinical data from 104 patients with lumbar degenerative disease who underwent short-segment lumbar fusion and had sagitt...
Ze-Hua Jiang, Hao-Jun Cui, Xu-Sheng Bi et al.· Frontiers in Surgery· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Facet joint degeneration may contribute to axial low back pain in degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, but its relationship with symptoms and sagittal alignment remains uncertain. This study examined associations between computed tomography (CT)-based L4-5 facet degeneration, low back pain, disability, and...
Ze-Hua Jiang, Xin Tan, Hong-Jie Zhang et al.· Journal of clinical neurosci...· 0 citations
BACKGROUND
Paraspinal muscle degeneration has been implicated in the pathogenesis of spinal degenerative diseases. However, the impact of systemic muscle status, particularly sarcopenia, on SDD development remains poorly understood.
METHODS
Multiple regression models, smooth curve fitting and threshold effect analyse...