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ArticleJBMR plus2024

Diabetes increases risk of lumbar spinal fusion complications: association with altered structure of newly formed bone at the fusion site.

Claire Wilson, Piotr J Czernik, Hossein Elgafy, Sadik Khuder, Kevin Serdahely, Andrea Rowland, Beata Lecka-Czernik

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Article in JBMR plus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Patients taking GLP-1 agonists for weight-loss prior to posterior lumbar decompression and fusion have similar surgical and patient-reported outcomes.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 · 2026
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  9. Robotic versus conventional single-level lumbar fusion in frail older adults: analysis of the National Readmission Database, 2016-2020.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025
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  13. The role of bone in whole-body energy metabolism.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025
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  17. MRI-based endplate bone quality scores outperform vertebral bone quality scores in predicting adjacent segment disease following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.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 · 2025
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  19. Higher charlson comorbidity index score correlates with higher rate of pseudoarthrosis following short-segment lumbar fusion surgery.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 · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Claire WilsonDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Piotr J CzernikDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Hossein ElgafyDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Sadik KhuderDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Kevin SerdahelyDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Andrea RowlandDepartment of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.
Beata Lecka-CzernikDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43614, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-9634

Funding

PPARG regulates osteocyte bioenergetics and function during agingR01AG071332 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI GRIFFIN, PATRICK ROBERT, LECKA-CZERNIK, BEATA ANNA · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG071332
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes predisposes to spine degenerative diseases often requiring surgical intervention. However, the statistics on the prevalence of spinal fusion success and clinical indications leading to the revision surgery in diabetes are conflicting. The purpose of the presented retrospective observational study was to determine the link between diabetes and lumbar spinal fusion complications using a database of patients (

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adjacent segment diseasediabeteslumbar spine fusionnon-union revisionspine degenerative disease

Identifiers

PMID38715931
PMCPMC11074650

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