The relationship between intervertebralis disc height and pfirrmann’s degenerative degree: : In lumbar degenerative disease patients performed surgery at Dr. Soetomo general academic hospital period of 2016-2021

Endra Wibisono Harmawan; Muhammad Arifin Parenrengi; Abdul Hafid Bajamal; Eko Agus Subagio; Sri Andreani Utomo; Budi Utomo

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS6.11804

Authors

Endra Wibisono Harmawan Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Muhammad Arifin Parenrengi
muhammad.arifin@fk.unair.ac.id
Head of Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Abdul Hafid Bajamal Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Eko Agus Subagio Staff of Spine Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Sri Andreani Utomo Staff of Neuroradiologist, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia
Budi Utomo Staff of Statistics lecturer, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University- Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia

Keywords:

disc height, disc degenerative disease, pfirrmann grading

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between disc height as objective data and the degree of disc degenerative Pfirrmann score assessed on MRI imaging, the imaging modality with the best current degenerative lumbal disease’s diagnosis. The measurements of disc height and Pfirrmann degenerative degree of the intervertebral disc were performed on a T2WI MRI sequence, sagittal sections of the 1-2 lumbar intervertebral discs to 5-sacral 1 (5 disc levels) using dicom MRI data using the Horos dicom viewer software. Analysis of the correlation between disc height and the degree of degeneration on MRI was performed using the Pearson correlation test. Statistical tests were performed using SPSS software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The results were evaluated with a significance value of p<0.005. The results of the Pearson test in the three groups of patients, namely in the HNP L4-L5, HNP L5-S1 and HNP patient groups at both disc levels showed an inverse relationship between disc height and Pfirrmann's degenerative degree which was statistically significant, with values in the L4 HNP group.

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