Bone Quality as Measured by Hounsfield Units More Accurately Predicts Proximal Junctional Kyphosis than Vertebral Bone Quality Following Long-Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion
Zach Pennington, Anthony L. Mikula, Nikita Lakomkin, Michael L. Martini, Zachariah W. Pinter, Mahnoor Shafi, Abdelrahman M. Hamouda, Mohamad Bydon, Michelle J. Clarke, Brett A. Freedman, William E. Krauss, Ahmad Nassr, Arjun S. Sebastian, Jeremy L. Fogelson, Benjamin D. Elder
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHounsfield scaleSpinal fusionKyphosisThoracic vertebraeLumbar vertebraeRadiologyNuclear medicineAnatomyLumbarComputed tomographyRadiographyScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology