Charcot spinal disease after spinal cord injury: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-426

  Morita, Masahiro ^a,d   Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Okuda, Shinya ^a   Oda, Takenori ^a   Yamamoto, Tomio ^b   Iwasaki, Motoki ^c  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Izumi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spinal hyperostosis; Charcot spine; Infection; Posterior interbody fusion; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIR; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149168459     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.11.419     Document Type: Article

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