European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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Few data are available in the literature in Europe on the possible impact of social health inequalities on the therapeutic management of idiopathic scoliosis. This study aimed to determine whether the adolescent's care pathway in the French health system, affected by idiopathic scoliosis, from the stage of diagnosis to the postoperative stage, could be influenced by socio-economic deprivation. ⋯ This study suggested the restricted influence of social deprivation on the management of surgical adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the French health system. It seems that deprivation occurs only before special therapeutic management, strengthening the importance of systematic screening. Further studies are needed to assess the impact of different socioeconomic factors on this pathology.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate threshold values for classifying bone as normal or osteoporotic based on Computed Tomography (CT) Hounsfield Units (HU) and to determine if clinically applicable values could be derived to aid spine surgeons evaluating bone quality using CT. ⋯ There is variation in HU values used to differentiate normal from compromised bone quality, even after limiting studies. For patients with HU values between or near 170 or 115 HU, a DEXA scan may be warranted for further evaluation. With ongoing investigation in this area, threshold values for classifying bone quality using CT will be continually refined.
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Degenerative spine disease (DSD) is increasingly prevalent due to aging populations, leading to higher surgical interventions and associated complications. This necessitates a comprehensive preoperative assessment, evaluating frailty through tools such as the modified Frailty Index 5 and modified Frailty Index 11 (mFI-5 and mFI-11). Despite the utility of mFI-5 and mFI-11 in predicting postoperative complications, these indices do not account for sarcopenia, a syndrome related to but distinct from frailty, which is associated with higher complication rates. This paper aims to retrospectively evaluate the influence of sarcopenia and frailty on postoperative adverse events in a cohort of patients who underwent posterior spine fusion for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. ⋯ Frailty is a robust predictor of postoperative complications in DSD surgeries, while sarcopenia, appears to play a lesser role. The findings suggest that frailty alone provide a more comprehensive assessment of risk than sarcopenia.
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We aimed to validate and cross-culturally adapt the Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) neck for use in Portuguese patients with cervical spine degenerative disease and define the minimal clinically important change score (MCIC) for this questionnaire and population. ⋯ The COMI (neck) psychometric qualities were confirmed, such that it can be considered a valid and reliable questionnaire to be applied in the European Portuguese population with surgical cervical spine degenerative disease, with an MCIC of 2 points.
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To translate and cross-culturally adapt Fukushima Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Scale into a Simplified Chinese version (FLS-25-SC), and evaluate the reliability and validity of FLS-25-SC in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. ⋯ FLS-25-SC has been shown to have acceptable reliability and validity in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis and may be recommended for patients in Chinese mainland.