Sex differences in the accuracy of vertebral bone quality score assessing bone density in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with male patients, VBQ has better discrimination between female patients with low BMD and those with normal bone density. Although the correlation between VBQ and bone density is weaker in male than in female patients, the optimal thresholds are similar in both sexes.PMID:38157527 | DOI:10.3171/2023.10.SPINE23721

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 29, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Yunsheng Wang Feng Wang Tong Tong Dechao Miao Wenshuai Li Houze Zhu Xiao Zheng Linfeng Wang Source Type: research