ArticlePain research & management2022
Changes in Paraspinal Muscles and Facet Joints after Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using the Cortical Bone Trajectory Technique: A Prospective Study.
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- Low-Profile Posterior Lumbar Fusion Combined With Proximal Interlaminar Coflex Dynamic Fixation for Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: A Comparative Study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Article
- Analyses of proximal adjacent segment degeneration and prognostic factors after lumbar fusion surgery: study based on proximal facet joint angle.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- The Safety and Effectiveness of Multi-Segment Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws in Adult Degenerative Scoliosis with Stenosis Among the Elderly: Minimum 5-year Follow-up Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Low profile posterior lumbar-sacral interbody fusion for lumbosacral degenerative diseases: a technical note.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The association between morphological characteristics of paraspinal muscle and spinal disorders.Annals of medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
In this prospective cohort study, we aimed to determine the surgical and adjacent segment changes in paraspinal muscles and facet joints in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis after minimally invasive posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) using the cortical bone trajectory (CBT) technique. We enrolled 30 consecutive patients who underwent the single-level CBT technique between October 2017 and October 2018. We evaluated preoperative and 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year postoperative clinical data including Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed a year after surgery. The erector spinae (ES) muscle area, volume, and fat infiltration (FI) on the surgical and adjacent segments were evaluated using the thresholding method, and the degree of adjacent facet joint degeneration was calculated using the Weishaupt scale. FI rate was graded using the Kjaer method. All patients underwent a 12-month follow-up. The VAS and ODI scores significantly improved after surgery in all patients. No patient showed degeneration of the adjacent facet joints (
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