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The association between sagittal cervical spinal alignment and degenerative spondylosis: a retrospective study using new scoring system

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
Registration Number
KCT0006133
Lead Sponsor
Chungnam National University Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
700
Inclusion Criteria

Patients who visited the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation Medicine at Chungnam National University Hospital and took C-spine series between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

Exclusion Criteria

1.C-spine fracture
2.Significant mass lesion (bony or soft tissue) which can distort cervical alignment
3.DISH
4.OPLL
5.Previous c-spine surgery (fusion, laminoplasty)
6.Ankylosing spondylitis
7.Poor image quality (unable to discriminate bony marigin)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between cervical alignment and spondylosis
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disc space narrowing;sclerosis;Osteophyte;Spondylolisthesis;absolute rotation angle ;sagittal vertical axis
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