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, Oliver Dobrindt, Timo Zippelius, David Dalton, Andrew A Sama, Federico P Girardi, Frank P Cammisa, Alexander P Hughes
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of preoperatively assessed paraspinal muscle parameters on postoperative patient-reported outcomes and maintenance of cervical sagittal alignment after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). METHODS: Patients with preoperative and postoperative standing cervical spine lateral radiographs and preoperative cervical MRI who underwent an ACDF between 2015 and 2018 were reviewed. Muscles from C3 to C7 were segmented into 4 functional groups: anterior, posteromedial, posterolateral, and sternocleidomastoid...
May 3, 2024: Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine