High-Intensity Zones on MRI of the Cervical Spine in Patients: Epidemiology and Association With Pain and Disability

Global Spine Journal
Austin Q NguyenDino Samartzis

Abstract

Retrospective cohort study. This study aimed to address the prevalence, distribution, and clinical significance of cervical high-intensity zones (HIZs) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with respect to pain and other patient-reported outcomes in the setting of patients that will undergo an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedure. A retrospective cohort study of ACDF patients surgically treated at a single center from 2008 to 2015. Based on preoperative MRI, HIZ subtypes were identified as either traditional T2-hyperintense, T1-hypointense ("single-HIZs"), or combined T1- and T2-hyperintense ("dual-HIZs"), and their level-specific prevalence was assessed. Preoperative symptoms, patient-reported outcomes, and disc degeneration pathology were assessed in relation to HIZs and HIZ subtypes. Of 861 patients, 58 demonstrated evidence of HIZs in the cervical spine (6.7%). Single-HIZs and dual-HIZs comprised 63.8% and 36.2% of the overall HIZs, respectively. HIZs found outside of the planned fusion segment reported better preoperative Neck Disability Index (NDI; P = .049) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Arm (P = .014) scores relative to patients without HIZs. Furthermore, patients with single-HIZs found inside the pla...Continue Reading

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