Importance of the cervical paraspinal muscles in postoperative patient-reported outcomes and maintenance of sagittal alignment after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

CONCLUSIONS: The findings highlight the importance of preoperative assessment of the cervical paraspinal muscle morphology as a predictor for patient-reported outcomes and maintenance of C2-7 SVA after ACDF.PMID:38701526 | DOI:10.3171/2024.2.SPINE23926

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - May 3, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Thomas Caffard Artine Arzani Bruno Verna Vidushi Tripathi Erika Chiapparelli Lukas Sch önnagel Jiaqi Zhu Samuel J Medina Soji Tani Gaston Camino-Willhuber Ali E Guven Krizia Amoroso Ek Tsoon Tan John A Carrino Jennifer Shue Oliver Dobrindt Timo Zippelius Source Type: research