Cervical spine instability in rheumatoid arthritis

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Da Côrte, Filipa Camacho ^a   Neves, Nuno ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Rheumatoid arthritis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INSTABILITY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLICATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MYELITIS; SPONDYLITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MYELITIS; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 84903704616     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-013-1258-2     Document Type: Review

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