ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Preoperative Assessment of Bone Density Using MRI-Based Vertebral Bone Quality Score Modified for Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery.
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- The diagnostic value of MRI-based vertebral bone quality score for osteoporosis or osteopenia in patients undergoing lumbar surgery: a meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Pooled it
- Quantitative assessment of bone mineral density in cervical spine surgery: Diagnostic accuracy of C2 and C3 Hounsfield units versus cervical vertebral bone quality scores.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
- MRI-based pedicle bone quality score: a superior predictor over vertebral bone quality score for pedicle screw loosening following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.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 · 2026Article
- Bone Fusion in the Cervical Spine: Where Are We Now?Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of bone mineral density in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament utilizing vertebral bone quality and Hounsfield units.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 · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density: Correlating MRI Cervical Vertebral Bone Quality, CT Hounsfield Units, and DEXA T-Scores.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Assessment of Bone Quality Using Vertebral Bone Quality (VBQ) Scores in Spine Surgery-A Critical Assessment and Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Emerging MRI-based spine scoring techniques targeting bone quality to assess osteoporosis, vertebral fracture risk, other spinal degenerative diseases, and post-surgical outcomes.La Radiologia medica · 2025Review
- The relationship between postoperative proximal junctional kyphosis and MRI-based pedicle bone quality scores in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- Predictive value of vertebral specificity of bone mineral density for cage subsidence among patients undergoing anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion: a retrospective study.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 · 2025Article
- Prediction of fusion cage subsidence after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion based on MRI endplate bone quality.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- MRI-based endplate bone quality score independently predicts cage subsidence after anterior cervical corpectomy fusion.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 · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based vertebral bone quality score for bone mineral density assessment: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Preoperative MRI-based endplate quality: a novel tool for predicting cage subsidence after anterior cervical spine surgery.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Different cervical vertebral bone quality scores for bone mineral density assessment for the patients with cervical degenerative disease undergoing ACCF/ACDF: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging-based study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- A meta-analysis of the value of MRI-based VBQ scores for evaluating osteoporosis.Bone reports · 2023Review
- A novel classification of osteotomized debridement based on the range of focus in treating active thoracolumbar tuberculosis: a multicenter study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
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designDiagnostic accuracy study.
objectivesPrevious studies have reported the clinical application of the Vertebral Bone Quality (VBQ) scores for assessing bone density in operative lumbar spine patients. We aim to explore whether the method could be modified and applicable for patients undergoing cervical spine surgery.
methodsAdult patients receiving cervical spine surgery for degenerative diseases between September 2020 and March 2022 with non-contrast T1-weighted MRI and DEXA were included. Correlation between cervical VBQ scores and DEXA T-scores was analyzed using Pearson's correlation. Student's t test was used to present the discrepancy between the VBQ of patients with normal bone density (T ≥ -1.0) and patients with osteopenia/osteoporosis (T < -1.0). Statistical significance was set at
resultsEighty-three patients (20 patients with T ≥ -1.0 vs 63 patients with T < -1.0 ) were included. Significant difference was found between the cervical VBQ between groups (2.99 ± .79 vs 3.80 ± .81,
conclusionsThis is the first study to apply the VBQ method to assess the bone density in preoperative cervical spine patients. Cervical VBQ scores were significantly correlated with DEXA T-score. With an overall accuracy of .78, the radiation-free and cost-effective method could be a potential tool for screening patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis before surgery.
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