ArticleMusculoskeletal surgery2015
Lumbar subcutaneous edema and degenerative spinal disease in patients with low back pain: a retrospective MRI study.
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- Advanced MR Imaging for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Review on Local and Brain Effects.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The origin of lumbar subcutaneous edema: two case reports.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tools for the Diagnosis of Degenerative Disc Disease: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Posterior lumbar subcutaneous edema as the rare sign of IgA vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein purpura): A case of a child.Radiology case reports · 2021Article
- Axial Spondyloarthritis: Mimics and Pitfalls of Imaging Assessment.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- When an incidental MRI finding becomes a clinical issue : Posterior lumbar subcutaneous edema in degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious conditions of the lumbar spine.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2020Article
- What is the clinical evidence on regenerative medicine in intervertebral disc degeneration?Musculoskeletal surgery · 2017Review
- Subcutaneous edema on back detected by MRI in hospitalized patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study was designed to determine the association between LSE, spondylolisthesis, facet arthropathy, lumbar canal stenosis, BMI, radiculopathy and bone marrow edema at conventional lumbar spine MR imaging.
methodsThis is a retrospective radiological study; 441 consecutive patients with low back pain (224 men and 217 women; mean age 57.3 years; mean BMI 26) underwent conventional lumbar MRI using a 1.5-T magnet (Avanto, Siemens). Lumbar MR images were reviewed by consensus for the presence of LSE, spondylolisthesis, facet arthropathy, lumbar canal stenosis, radiculopathy and bone marrow edema. Descriptive statistics and association studies were conducted using STATA software 11.0. Association studies have been performed using linear univariate regression analysis and multivariate regression analysis, considering LSE as response variable.
resultsThe overall prevalence of LSE was 40%; spondylolisthesis (p = 0.01), facet arthropathy (p < 0.001), BMI (p = 0.008) and lumbar canal stenosis (p < 0.001) were included in the multivariate regression model, whereas bone marrow edema, radiculopathy and age were not.
conclusionsLSE is highly associated with spondylolisthesis, facet arthropathy and BMI, suggesting underestimation of its clinical impact as an integral component in chronic lumbar back pain. Longitudinal simultaneous X-ray/MRI studies should be conducted to test the relationship of LSE with lumbar spinal instability and low back pain.
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