Significance of Facet Fluid Index in Anterior Cervical Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

CONCLUSIONS: Facet fluid index is associated with cervical spondylolisthesis and an increased facet size and fluid width are associated with unstable spondylolisthesis. While cervical spondylolisthesis continues to be an inconclusive finding, vertebral levels with spondylolisthesis, especially the unstable ones, were more likely to be included in the fusion procedure than those without spondylolisthesis.PMID:38287666 | DOI:10.31616/asj.2023.0090

Source: Asian Spine Journal - January 30, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Yunsoo Lee Jeremy C Heard Mark J Lambrechts Nathaniel Kern Bright Wiafe Perry Goodman John J Mangan Jose A Canseco Mark F Kurd Ian D Kaye Alan S Hilibrand Alexander R Vaccaro Christopher K Kepler Gregory D Schroeder Jeffrey A Rihn Source Type: research