退行性和峡部裂性腰椎滑脱患者椎旁肌肉组织退变的影像学比较

Comparison of imaging findings of paraspinal muscle tissue degeneration in patients with degenerative and isthmic spondylolisthesis

背景:现有研究已对退行性腰椎滑脱患者与健康人群椎旁肌肉退变程度的差异进行了比较,但还缺乏不同腰椎滑脱症种类之间影像参数差异的比较研究。目的:探讨峡部裂性腰椎滑脱与退行性腰椎滑脱患者在椎旁肌肉组织退变方面的差异,以及与腰背痛症状的相关性。方法:对2019年2月至2023年8月在徐州医科大学附属医院治疗的107例腰椎滑脱患者进行回顾性分析,根据滑脱类型将患者分为2组,峡部裂性腰椎滑脱组39例,退行性腰椎滑脱组68例。对比分析两组患者椎旁肌组织影像学参数情况以及腰背痛目测类比评分,依据目测类比评分,将两组患者分别分为目测类比评分≤45 mm和>45 mm两个亚组,分析目测类比评分差异与椎旁肌肉组织退变参数的关系。结果与结论:①退行性腰椎滑脱组患者多裂肌的脂肪浸润百分比高于峡部裂性腰椎滑脱组(P=0.003);②两组腰背痛目测类比评分≤45 mm的患者多裂肌脂肪浸润百分比低于腰背痛目测类比评分>45 mm患者(P=0.021,P<0.001);③峡部裂性腰椎滑脱组还表现出腰背痛目测类比评分≤45 mm的患者竖脊肌脂肪浸润百分比低于腰背痛目测类比评分>45 mm患者(P=0.002);④结果显示,峡部裂性腰椎滑脱患者和退行性腰椎滑脱患者在椎旁肌肉组织退化方面存在显著差异,且退行性腰椎滑脱患者相比峡部裂性腰椎滑脱患者展现出更为严重的椎旁肌退化;此外,两组腰椎滑脱患者中,疼痛较严重者的多裂肌脂肪浸润程度相对较高。

BACKGROUND:Existing studies have compared patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with healthy populations,but comparative studies focusing on differences in this aspect of the parameter between these different lumbar spondylolisthesis are lacking.OBJECTIVE:To explore the differences in paraspinal muscle degeneration between isthmic spondylolisthesis and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis,and their correlation with low back pain symptoms.METHODS:A total of 107 patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis treated in Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University between February 2019 and August 2023 were analyzed retrospectively.They were divided into the isthmic spondylolisthesis group(39 patients)and the degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis group(68 patients)according to the type of spondylolisthesis.Paravertebral muscle tissue parameters were compared and analyzed as well as functional scores(visual analog scale for low back pain)in both groups.According to the visual analog scale score,the two groups of patients were divided into two subgroups:those with a visual analog scale score≤45 mm and those with a visual analog scale score>45 mm,and the relationship between the difference in visual analog scale score and the parameters of paraspinal muscle tissue degeneration was analyzed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The percentage of fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle was higher in the degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis group than in the isthmic spondylolisthesis group(P=0.003).(2)The percentage of fat infiltration in the multifidus muscle was significantly lower in patients with a visual analog scale score of≤45 mm than in patients with a visual analog scale score of>45 mm in both groups(P=0.021,P<0.001).(3)Patients in the isthmic spondylolisthesis group also showed a significantly lower percentage of fat infiltration in patients with visual analog scale score≤45 mm compared with those with visual analog scale score>45 mm(P=0.002).(4)These results showed that there was a significant difference in paraspinal muscle tissue degeneration between isthmic spondylolisthesis patients and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patients,and that degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis patients demonstrated more severe paraspinal muscle degeneration compared to isthmic spondylolisthesis patients.In addition,the percentage of fatty infiltration of the multifidus muscle was relatively greater in those with higher pain scores in both groups of lumbar spondylolisthesis patients.