Neurologic outcome of surgical and conservative treatment of rheumatoid cervical spine subluxation: A systematic review

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1743-1752

  Wolfs, Jasper F C ^a,b   Kloppenburg, Margreet ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^d   Boers, Maarten ^d   Peul, Wilco C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SUBLUXATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449147976     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.25011     Document Type: Article

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