Long-term results of occipitothoracic fusion surgery in RA patients with destruction of the cervical spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Kawakami, Noriaki ^a   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^a   Tsuji, Taichi ^a   Kamiya, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Destructive cervical lesion; Occipitothoracic fusion; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; VERTEBRA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344454847     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000127700.29969.e6     Document Type: Article

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