The management of spinal injuries in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: A comparison of treatment methods and clinical outcomes

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Whang, Peter G ^a   Goldberg, Grigory ^b   Lawrence, James P ^b   Hong, Joseph ^b   Harrop, James S ^b   Anderson, David Greg ^b   Albert, Todd J ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; Odom criteria; Spinal injuries; Spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650267211     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181679bcb     Document Type: Article

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