Is rheumatoid arthritis a risk factor for a high-riding vertebral artery?

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2007-2011

  Miyata, Masahiko ^a   Neo, Masashi ^a   Ito, Hiromu ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Miyaki, Koichi ^a   Fujibayashi, Shunsuke ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; Morphology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Transarticular screw; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL RISK; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 60549098112     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817c6bf7     Document Type: Article

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