Thomas Caffard, Artine Arzani, Bruno Verna, Vidushi Tripathi, Erika Chiapparelli, Lukas Schönnagel, Jiaqi Zhu, Samuel J Medina, Soji Tani, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Ali E Guven, Krizia Amoroso, Ek Tsoon Tan, John A Carrino, Jennifer Shue, Michael J Kelly, Marco D Burkhard, Hassan Awan Malik, Timo Zippelius, David Dalton, Andrew A Sama, Federico P Girardi, Frank P Cammisa, Alexander P Hughes
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between severity and level of cervical central stenosis (CCS) and the fat infiltration (FI) of the cervical multifidus/rotatores (MR) at each subaxial levels. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The relationship between cervical musculature morphology and the severity of CCS is poorly understood. METHODS: Patients with preoperative cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) were reviewed...
April 12, 2024: Spine