ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2023
Vertebral bone quality score as a novel predictor of proximal junctional kyphosis after thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery.
Article in 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, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Vertebral bone quality in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2026Article
- Osteopenia in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Review
- Passive surgical correction of rigid adult spine deformities to normative alignment and balance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Modified vertebral bone quality score is a better predictor of cage subsidence after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and is superior to vertebral bone quality score.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
- Research on the predictive efficacy of MRI-based endplate bone quality and vertebral body bone quality scores for adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal 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
- The relationship between postoperative proximal junctional kyphosis and MRI-based pedicle bone quality scores in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- The Paraspinal Sarcopenia at the Upper Instrumented Vertebra Is a Predictor of Discoligamentous but Not Bony Proximal Junctional Kyphosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Gut Microbiota Alterations in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Are Associated with Aberrant Bone Homeostasis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis for the proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Assessing lumbar vertebral bone quality: a methodological evaluation of CT and MRI as alternatives to traditional DEXA.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 · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionProximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) is one of the most common complications after thoracic AIS surgery. Previous studies reported that the etiology of PJK was associated with osteopenia and meanwhile the AIS patients were found osteopenia which could persist into adulthood. Recently, an MRI-based vertebral bone quality score (VBQ) was reported to be a promising tool which can assess preoperative bone quality.
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the utility of VBQ score in predicting PJK after corrective surgery for thoracic AIS (Lenke 1 and 2).
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study to identify the predictive efficiency of VBQ score for PJK in thoracic AIS patients. Demographic, radiographic parameters, and surgical variables were collected. VBQ score was calculated using preoperative T1-weighted MRI. Univariate analysis, linear regression, and multivariate logistic regression were performed to determine potential risk factors of PJK and correlation between other parameters and VBQ score. Receiver operating characteristic analysis and area under the curve values were utilized to evaluate the predictive efficiency of VBQ score for PJK.
resultsA total of 206 patients (aged 14.4 ± 2.3 years) were included, of which 33 (16.0%) developed PJK. VBQ scores were significantly different between the PJK and non-PJK groups (2.8 ± 0.2 vs 2.5 ± 0.2, P < 0.01). A significant positive correlation was found between VBQ score and PJA (R
conclusionHigher VBQ scores were independently associated with PJK occurrence after corrective surgery for thoracic AIS. Preoperative measurement of VBQ score on MRI may serve as a valuable tool in planning thoracic AIS surgery.
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