Published results revealed that a biomechanical CT scan can be used to identify patients over 50 with primary spinal fusion, osteoporosis, and elevated risk for vertebral fracture and reoperation.
“To date, physicians have been lacking a reliable test for osteoporosis and bone quality for their spinal fusion patients,” Tony M. Keaveny, PhD, professor of the departments of mechanical engineering and bioengineering and co-director of the Berkeley BioMechanics Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, told Healio. “These results indicate that preoperative
