ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2014
Can MRI predict subsequent pseudarthrosis resulting from osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures?
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- Osteoporotic Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae: Diagnosis and Conservative Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Pooled it
- Osteoporotic vertebral fractures: predictive factors for conservative treatment failure. A systematic review.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2018Pooled it
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- Risk Factors for Failure in Conservatively Treated Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: A Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Use of proton density fat fraction MRI to predict the radiographic progression of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.European radiology · 2021Article
- Can We Predict the Progression of Vertebral Collapse in Conservative Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures? A 3-Year Retrospective Study of 180 Patients From the Emergency Department.International journal of spine surgery · 2020Article
- The factors related to the poor ADL in the patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture after instrumentation surgery.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2020Article
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- The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review: a survey of the "surgical research" articles in the European Spine Journal 2014.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2015Review
- The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review: a survey of the "medical" articles in the European Spine Journal, 2014.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2015Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to assess the ability of short inversion time inversion-recovery (STIR) in magnetic resonance imaging for predicting the prognosis of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
methodsWe analyzed 63 vertebrae of 56 patients who had osteoporotic vertebral fracture (Th10-L2) prospectively. Image finding of a homogeneous high signal change on a fractured vertebra was evaluated and all vertebrae were divided into "homogenous high signal change group" or "non-homogenous high signal change group". On the other hand, image finding of linear black signal area was evaluated and all vertebrae were divided into "linear black signal area group" or "non-linear black signal area group".
resultsSixteen and 24 vertebrae were included in the homogenous high signal change group or the linear black signal area group, respectively. The 16 homogenous high signal change cases did not result in non-union, and 47 non-homogenous high signal change cases resulted in 14 non-unions, a significant difference. Twenty-four linear black signal area and 39 non-linear black signal area cases resulted in 10, and 4 non-unions, respectively, also a significant difference. The kyphosis progression rate of the linear black signal area group (mean 35%) was significantly higher than that of non-linear black signal area group (mean 23%). The visual analog scale of back pain of the linear black signal area group (mean 35 mm) was significantly higher than that of the non-linear black signal area group (mean 23 mm).
conclusionsSTIR was useful for predicting bone union, kyphosis, and back pain in patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
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