ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2024
Preliminarily exploring the intraoperative ultrasonography characteristics of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy.
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- MRI-Based Machine Learning and Radiomics Methods for Assessing Spinal Cord Function in Patients with Mild Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Ultrasonography-guided canal decompression combined with vertebroplasty and cement-augmented pedicle screw fixation for stage III Kümmell's disease with neurological deficits: a retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
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backgroundHow to quickly read and interpret intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) images of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) to obtain meaningful information? Few studies have systematically explored this topic. PURPOSE: To systematically and comprehensively explore the IOUS characteristics of patients with DCM. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis single-center study retrospectively included patients with DCM who underwent French-door laminoplasty (FDL) with IOUS guidance from October 2019 to March 2022. One-way ANOVA and Pearson's /Spearman's correlation analysis were used to analyze the correlations between the cross-sectional area of the spinal cord (SC) and individual characteristics; the relationships between the morphology, echogenicity, pulsation, decompression statuses, compression types of SC, location of the spinal cord central echo complex (SCCEC) and the disease severity (the preoperative Japanese Orthopedic Association score, preJOA score); the difference of the spinal cord pulsation amplitude(SCPA) and the SCCEC forward movement rate (FMR) between the compressed areas(CAs) and the non-compressed areas (NCAs).
resultsA total of 38 patients were successfully enrolled (30 males and 8 females), and the mean age was 57.05 ± 10.29 (27-75) years. The cross-sectional area of the SC was negatively correlated with age (r = - 0.441, p = 0.006). The preJOA score was significantly lower in the heterogeneous group than in the homogeneous group (P < 0.05, p = 0.005). The hyperechoic area (HEA) was negatively while the SCCEC FMR was positively correlated with the preJOA score (r = - 0.334, p = 0.020; r = 0.286, p = 0.041). The SCCEC FMR and SCPA in CAs were significantly greater than those in NCAs (p < 0.05, p = 0.007; P < 0.001, P = 0.000).
conclusionThe cross-sectional area of the SC decreases with age in adults. More changes in intramedullary echogenicity and less moving forward of the SCCEC often indicate poor SC status, and the SCCEC FMR and SCPA are more pronounced in CAs.
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