Surgical treatment of destructive calcific lesions of the cervical spine in scleroderma: Case series and review of the literature

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2002-2008

  Smucker, Joseph D ^a   Heller, John G ^b   Bohlman, Henry H ^c   Whitesides Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Hydroxyapatite; Myelopathy; Scleroderma; Tumoral calcinosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERODERMA; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748046489     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000229260.67357.53     Document Type: Article

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