ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2022
Reliability of Hounsfield Unit for Assessing Asymmetrical Vertebral Bone Mass in Adult Degenerative Scoliosis.
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- Association between LIV + 1 bone mineral density asymmetry and distal adding-on phenomenon in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Patterns of intra-discal vacuum phenomenon in adult degenerative scoliosis.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Article
- Serum alkaline phosphatase/creatinine ratio serving as a screening tool for low lumbar bone mineral density in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Gender-Specific Risk Factors for Asymmetric Bone Density in Adult Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Asymmetric Osteopenia in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Based on Hounsfield Unit of Computed Tomography.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Hounsfield unit for assessing asymmetrical loss of vertebral bone mineral density and its correlation with curve severity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: Hounsfield Unit (HU) has been used to investigate the asymmetrical vertebral bone mass in patients associated with adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS). Therefore, there is an inevitable need to evaluate the performance of HU values in ADS subjects. Methods: A total of 162 patients (81 ADS patients and 81 non-ADS patients) aged ≥50 years undergoing the CT examination were reviewed. The HU values of the lumbar vertebral body (including total, convex side, and concave side) at bilateral pedicle plane were obtained and compared. The paired Results: The HU values were significantly different between the convex and concave sides of the lumbar vertebral body (P < 0.01). The total prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) in ADS patients was higher than that of non-ADS patients. The prevalence of OP in female or male of ADS patients was higher than that of non-ADS patients, respectively. Intra- and inter-rater reliability were very strong (both >0.8) for measuring asymmetrical vertebral bone mass in ADS patients. Conclusion: HU value was a high reproducibility method for evaluating the vertebral bone mass in ADS patients. The HU values at the concave sides were significantly higher than that of convex sides at the lumbar vertebral body on the pedicle plane. The prevalence of OP in ADS patients was higher than that of non-ADS patients, especially for females associated with ADS. Moreover, the static asymmetric load did not enhance the bone mass at the concave side compared with the left/right side of non-ADS patients.
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