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- Title
Difference in Spinal Fusion Process in Osteopenic and Nonosteopenic Living Rat Models Using Serial Microcomputed Tomography.
- Authors
Sung Bae Park; Hee-Jin Yang; Chi Heon Kim; Chun Kee Chung
- Abstract
Objective : To identify and investigate differences in spinal fusion between the normal and osteopenic spine in a rat model. Methods : Female Sprague Dawley rats underwent either an ovariectomy (OVX) or sham operation and were randomized into two groups: non-OVX group and OVX group. Eight weeks after OVX, unilateral lumbar spinal fusion was performed using autologous iliac bone. Bone density (BD) was measured 2 days and 8 weeks after fusion surgery. Microcomputed tomography was used to evaluate the process of bone fusion every two weeks for 8 weeks after fusion surgery. The fusion rate, fusion process, and bone volume parameters of fusion bed were compared between the two groups. Results : BD was significantly higher in the non-OVX group than in the OVX group 2 days and 8 weeks after fusion surgery. The fusion rate in the non-OVX group was higher than that in the OVX group 8 weeks after surgery (p=0.044). The bony connection of bone fragments with transverse processes and bone formation between transverse processes in non-OVX group were significantly superior to those of OVX group from 6 weeks after fusion surgery. The compactness and bone maturation of fusion bed in non-OVX were prominent compared with the non-OVX group. Conclusion : The fusion rate in OVX group was inferior to non-OVX group at late stage after fusion surgery. Bone maturation of fusion bed in the OVX group was inferior compared with the non-OVX group. Fusion enhancement strategies at early stage may be needed to patients with osteoporosis who need spine fusion surgery.
- Subjects
OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OVARIECTOMY; SPINAL fusion; LABORATORY rats; BONE density
- Publication
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, 2017, Vol 60, Issue 3, p348
- ISSN
2005-3711
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3340/jkns.2016.0707.002