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Based on preoperative sagittal CT scans (left, right, and middle cuts), 2-mm superior and inferior endplate regions were circumscribed with the free draw tool to account for endplate surface undulations. The average of the superior and inferior EP-HUs on all CT cuts was used to calculate EP-HU. Cervical vertebral HUs were determined from the average of axial CT cranial, middle, and caudal cuts circumscribing only trabecular bone. The interbody subsidence of the cranial and caudal endplates of each ACDF level was directly measured on the endplate-facing surface of both coronal and sagittal cuts of postoperative CT scans (at 1 year) to determine the maximum subsidence (subsidence defined as \u2265 2 mm). Univariate and stepwise logistic regression analyses were used to compare subsidence based on CT bone metrics. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were used to determine the probability of subsidence based on EP-HUs and vertebral HUs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n A total of 35 patients were included. Subsidence occurred at 32 of 67 unique fusion levels. Subsidence was associated with older age (p = 0.008), diabetes diagnosis (p = 0.015), and decreased interbody length (p = 0.019). EP-HUs exhibited moderate correlation with cervical vertebral HUs (Pearson\u2019s \u03c1 = 0.63). Subsidence was significantly associated with decreased total EP-HUs (subsidence: 475 HU, no subsidence: 543 HU; p = 0.019) and decreased lumbar vertebral HUs (subsidence: 296 HU, no subsidence: 341 HU; p = 0.011). ROC curve analysis identified an optimal EP-HU cutoff of 512.30 (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.701) to predict subsidence. The AUC of the vertebral HUs with respect to subsidence was 0.662. EP-HUs < 512.30 predicted subsidence (OR 6.67, p = 0.001) independent of significant demographic and surgical factors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n CT cervical EP-HUs rather than vertebral cervical trabecular HUs may be more efficacious in predicting subsidence after ACDF.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/2025.4.spine241067","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,12]],"date-time":"2025-09-12T14:34:15Z","timestamp":1757687655000},"page":"672-680","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The superiority of endplate Hounsfield units relative to cervical vertebral Hounsfield units in predicting subsidence after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"Hannah A.","family":"Levy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria D.","family":"Astudillo Potes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caden J.","family":"Messer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher A.","family":"Magera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zachariah W.","family":"Pinter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamad","family":"Bydon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeremy L.","family":"Fogelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin D.","family":"Elder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradford L.","family":"Currier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmad N.","family":"Nassr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brett A.","family":"Freedman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brian A.","family":"Karamian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arjun S.","family":"Sebastian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"b1","series-title":"Surg Neurol","first-page":"66","article-title":"National trends in spinal fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"71","author":"Lad SP","year":"2009","unstructured":"Lad SP, Patil CG, Berta S, Santarelli JG, Ho C, Boakye M. 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