Area of research
Pathology and Forensic Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, and Medical Imaging and Analysis.
Relationship between posterior paraspinal muscle fat infiltration and early conversion to lumbar spinal fusion following decompression surgery
Associated Factors for Increased Fat Infiltration in the Erector Spinae in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery for Degenerative Conditions
Impact of Lumbar Degenerative Changes on Vertebral Bone Strength: A Finite Element Analysis
Spine-specific sarcopenia: distinguishing paraspinal muscle atrophy from generalized sarcopenia
The relationship between paraspinal muscle atrophy and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis at the L4/5 level
Association between lumbar intervertebral vacuum phenomenon severity and posterior paraspinal muscle atrophy in patients undergoing spine surgery
Georg Schmorl Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2023: the influence of sarcopenia and paraspinal muscle composition on patient-reported outcomes: a prospective investigation of lumbar spinal fusion patients with 12-month follow-up
Quantitative assessment of cervical disc degeneration using disc signal intensity index
Association Between Severity of Cervical Central Spinal Stenosis and Paraspinal Muscle Parameters in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
The Disaggregated Oswestry Disability Index: What is the Most Predictive Subsection for Patient Satisfaction After Lumbar Surgery?
Is Diastasis Recti Abdominis Associated With Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review
Association of Frailty and Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia with the Risk of Complications, Readmission, and Mortality After Spine Surgery
Examining the Role of Paraspinal Musculature in Postoperative Disability After Lumbar Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
The association between vertebral endplate defects, subchondral bone marrow changes, and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration: a retrospective, 3-year longitudinal study
Changes of the posterior paraspinal and psoas muscle in patients with low back pain: a 3-year longitudinal study
Fat infiltration of the posterior paraspinal muscles is inversely associated with the fat infiltration of the psoas muscle: a potential compensatory mechanism in the lumbar spine
Frailty Stratification Using the Modified 5-Item Frailty Index: Significant Variation within Frailty Patients in Spine Surgery
Severe Intervertebral Vacuum Phenomenon is Associated With Higher Preoperative Low Back Pain, ODI, and Indication for Fusion in Patients With Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Association Between Cervical Sagittal Alignment and Subaxial Paraspinal Muscle Parameters
Changes in psoas and posterior paraspinal muscle morphology after standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a quantitative MRI-based analysis
Osteosarcopenia in the Spine Beyond Bone Mineral Density
Predicting conversion of ambulatory ACDF patients to inpatient: a machine learning approach
Association between severity of the cervical foraminal stenosis and paraspinal muscle parameters in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Bone microstructure and volumetric bone mineral density in patients with global sagittal malalignment
Preoperative MRI-based vertebral bone quality (VBQ) score assessment in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion
Bone quality in patients with osteoporosis undergoing lumbar fusion surgery: analysis of the MRI-based vertebral bone quality score and the bone microstructure derived from microcomputed tomography
The predictive value of psoas and paraspinal muscle parameters measured on MRI for severe cage subsidence after standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Paraspinal musculature impairment is associated with spinopelvic and spinal malalignment in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery
The effect of age on psoas and paraspinal muscle morphology in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion surgery
Differences in lumbar paraspinal muscle morphology in patients with sagittal malalignment undergoing posterior lumbar fusion surgery