European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model to predict high-grade heterotopic ossification (HO) following Anterior cervical disc replacement (ACDR).
Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is the main causative factor of spinal stenosis, but how to accurately and efficiently identify the ossification region is a clinical pain point and an urgent problem to be solved. Currently, we can only re...