An Objective and Reliable Method for Identifying Sarcopenia in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients: Using Morphometric Measurements on Computed Tomography Imaging

An Objective and Reliable Method for Identifying Sarcopenia in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients: Using Morphometric Measurements on Computed Tomography Imaging

Study Design A retrospective observational study. Purpose Establish a quantifiable and reproducible measure of sarcopenia in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery based on morphometric measurements from readily available preoperative computed tomography (CT) imaging. Overview of Literature Sarcop...

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Main Authors: Marko Tomov, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Mohamed Elminawy, Bradford Currier, Michael Yaszemski, Ahmad Nassr, Paul Huddleston, Arjun Sebastian, Mohamad Bydon, Brett Freedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spine Society 2020-12-01
Series:Asian Spine Journal
Subjects:
sarcopenia
lumbar
spine
surgery
computed tomography
Online Access:http://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-2019-0319.pdf

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