Volumetric evaluation of lumbar epidural fat distribution in epidural lipomatosis and back pain in patients who are obese: introducing a novel technique (Fat Finder algorithm)

OBJECTIVE: Spinal epidural lipomatosis (EL) represents an excessive deposition of unencapsulated adipose tissue in the spinal canal that can result in chronic back pain in patients who are obese with and without diabetes. We aim to calculate the total volumetric epidural fat on lumbar spine MRI in a...

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Autores principales: Walker, Marcus Anthony, Younan, Yara, de la Houssaye, Christopher, Reimer, Nickolas, Robertson, Douglas D, Umpierrez, Monica, Sharma, Gulshan B, Gonzalez, Felix M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Obesity Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31114695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000599

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6501852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31114695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000599

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