The Relationship between the Occipitocervical Junction and Thoracic Kyphosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 86 Cervical Fractures in Surgically Treated Patients

Study Design Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Purpose To describe the radiological characteristics of the occipitocervical area in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using the novel measure X-angle and to describe the correlation between the ankylosed occipitoatlantoaxi...

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Main Authors: Nodoka Manabe, Augusto Covaro, Lukas Bobinski, Takachika Shimizu, Claes Olerud, Yohan Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spine Society 2019-02-01
Series:Asian Spine Journal
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Online Access:http://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-2018-0010.pdf