Spine surgery in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Spine surgery in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an idiopathic seronegative spondyloartropathy that involves mainly the axial skeleton and the sacroiliac joints. AS promotes biomechanical changes in the spine that predispose to fractures, spinal deformity and spondylodiscitis. The aim of this a...

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Main Authors: Natália Maria Fernandes Britto, Beatriz Souza Renor, Enrico Ghizoni, Helder Tedeschi, Andrei Fernandes Joaquim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
Spondylitis, ankylosing
Fractures, bone
Discitis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302018000400379&lng=en&tlng=en

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