Comparison of Multifidus Degeneration Between Scoliosis and Lumbar Disc Herniation

Overview

Journal BMC Musculoskelet Disord

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Orthopedics
Physiology

Date 2022 Sep 30

PMID 36180878

Authors

Xianzheng Wang

Huanan Liu

Weijian Wang

Yapeng Sun

Fei Zhang

Lei Guo

Jiaqi Li

Wei Zhang

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Abstract

Objective: To assess and compare the pathological and radiological outcomes of multifidus degeneration in scoliosis and lumbar disc herniation patients.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review on 24 patients with scoliosis and 26 patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University from January 2017 to March2021. The patients were divided into scoliosis group and LDH group according to the treatment. The MRI fatty infiltration rate (FIR) of multifidus and strength of back muscle were calculated to evaluate muscle condition. Multifidus biopsy samples were obtained during surgery in the affected side at L4 or L5 segment in LDH group and on the concavity side of apical vertebrae in scoliosis group. The biopsy fatty infiltration degree (FID) and FIR in two groups, the FIR of affected and unaffected side in LDH group, and the FIR of concavity and convexity side in scoliosis group were compared. The correlation between concavity-convexity FIR difference and cobb angle in scoliosis group, back muscle strength and FIR in LDH group, FID and FIR in both groups was calculated respectively.

Results: The FIR was higher in scoliosis group than in LDH group, higher in concavity side than convexity side in scoliosis group (both P < 0.05). The FID was higher in scoliosis group than in LDH group (P < 0.05). No significant difference was found between affected and unaffected side in LDH group (P > 0.05). There was a positive correlation between concavity-convexity FIR difference and cobb angle, FIR and FID (both P < 0.01). There was a negative correlation between back muscle strength and FIR (P < 0.01). The biopsy staining results showed that both two groups were found the existence of rimmed vacuoles, nuclear aggregation, and abnormal enzyme activity, indicating that the scoliosis and LDH may be associated with myogenic diseases.

Conclusion: The scoliosis patients showed more serious fatty infiltration than LDH patients and rare pathological findings were found in both diseases.

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