Letter to the Editor concerning "Classification of endplate lesions in the lumbar spine and association with risk factors, biochemistry, and genetics" by Alessandra Colombini et al. (Eur Spine J; doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06719-1)

Alessandra Colombini¹, Fabio Galbusera², Enrico Gallazzi³, Maria Cristina Cortese⁴, Domenico Albano^{5

6

7}, Luca Maria Sconfienza^{5

8}, Sabina Cauci⁹, Marco Brayda-Bruno¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Orthopaedic Biotechnology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. alessandra.colombini@grupposandonato.it.
² LABS - Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
³ Ortopedia E Traumatologia III, ASST Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.
⁵ Unità Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica ed Interventistica, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁷ Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
¹⁰ III Spine Surgery - Scoliosis Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.

Comment

Alessandra Colombini et al. Eur Spine J. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;31(10):2822-2823.

doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06844-x. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Alessandra Colombini¹, Fabio Galbusera², Enrico Gallazzi³, Maria Cristina Cortese⁴, Domenico Albano^{5

6

7}, Luca Maria Sconfienza^{5

8}, Sabina Cauci⁹, Marco Brayda-Bruno¹⁰

¹ Orthopaedic Biotechnology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. alessandra.colombini@grupposandonato.it.
² LABS - Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
³ Ortopedia E Traumatologia III, ASST Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.
⁵ Unità Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica ed Interventistica, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁷ Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
¹⁰ III Spine Surgery - Scoliosis Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Endplate fractures; Endplate lesions; Lumbar spine; Risk factors; Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms.

Comment on

Classification of endplate lesions in the lumbar spine and association with risk factors, biochemistry, and genetics.
Colombini A, Galbusera F, Cortese MC, Gallazzi E, Viganò M, Albano D, Cauci S, Sconfienza LM, Brayda-Bruno M. Colombini A, et al. Eur Spine J. 2021 Aug;30(8):2231-2237. doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06719-1. Epub 2021 Jan 16. Eur Spine J. 2021. PMID: 33452926

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