Outcome of surgery for rheumatoid cervical spine at one institute over three decades

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1477-1484

  Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sumi, Masatoshi ^b   Uno, Koki ^a  

^a Graduate School of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^b KOBE ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Outcome; Prognosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAMINOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCIPITOSPINAL FUSION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SUBAXIAL SUBLUXATION; SUBLUXATION; SUFFOCATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL SUBLUXATION;

CERVICAL SPINE; OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888990251     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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