Thirty-six years experience of cervical extension osteotomy in ankylosing spondylitis: Techniques and outcomes

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 3006-3012

  Simmons, Edward D ^a   DiStefano, Richard J ^b   Zheng, Yinggang ^a   Simmons, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Cervical extension osteotomy; Cervical flexion deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CERVICAL EXTENSION OSTEOTOMY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33845764276     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000250663.12224.d9     Document Type: Review

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