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The article investigates the differences in imaging and clinical characteristics between men and women with lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and how these differences affect fusion surgery outcomes. The study analyzed preoperative radiographs, CT scans, and intraoperative images of 380 patients. Women were found to have greater translation, listhesis angle, lordosis, and pelvic incidence, and less diastasis and disc height compared to men. The rate of fusion was higher for women. Clinical and imaging variables were independently associated with fusion in both men and women. The study concludes that decisions for fusion were made based on a combination of clinical and imaging characteristics that varied between genders
Summarised by Mr Mo Akmal – Lead Spinal Surgeon
The London Spine Unit : most specialised spinal centre on Harley Street UK
Published article
S: There were differences in imaging characteristics between men and women, and women were more likely to undergo fusion. Differences in fusion within groups indicate that decisions for fusion were based on composite assessments of clinical and imaging characteristics that varied between men and women.
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Eur Spine J. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07958-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: The goals were to ascertain if differences in imaging/clinical characteristics between women and men were associated with differences in fusion for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.METHODS: Patients had preoperative standing radiographs, CT scans, and intraoperative fluoroscopic images. Symptoms and comorbidity were obtained from patients; procedure,
Eur Spine J. 2023 Oct 5. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07958-0. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The goals were to ascertain if differences in imaging/clinical characteristics between women and men were associated with differences in fusion for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.
METHODS: Patients had preoperative standing radiographs, CT scans, and intraoperative fluoroscopic images. Symptoms and comorbidity were obtained from patients; procedure (fusion-surgery or decompression-alone) was obtained from intraoperative records. With fusion surgery as the dependent variable, men and women were compared in multivariable logistic regression models with clinical/imaging characteristics as independent variables. The sample was dichotomized, and analyses were repeated with separate models for men and women.
RESULTS: For 380 patients (mean age 67, 61% women), women had greater translation, listhesis angle, lordosis, and pelvic incidence, and less diastasis and disc height (all p ≤ 0.03). The rate of fusion was higher for women (78% vs. 65%; OR 1.9, p = 0.008). Clinical/imaging variables were associated with fusion in separate models for men and women. Among women, in the final multivariable model, less comorbidity (OR 0.5, p = 0.05), greater diastasis (OR 1.6, p = 0.03), and less anterior disc height (OR 0.8, p = 0.0007) were associated with fusion. Among men, in the final multivariable model, opioid use (OR 4.1, p = 0.02), greater translation (OR 1.4, p = 0.0003), and greater diastasis (OR 2.4, p = 0.0002) were associated with fusion.
S: There were differences in imaging characteristics between men and women, and women were more likely to undergo fusion. Differences in fusion within groups indicate that decisions for fusion were based on composite assessments of clinical and imaging characteristics that varied between men and women.
PMID:37796286 | DOI:10.1007/s00586-023-07958-0
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Differences in imaging and clinical characteristics are associated with higher rates of decompression-fusion versus decompression-alone in women compared to men for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis
