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7819644

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-seven patients with rheumatoid disease of the cervical spine were followed over an 8-year period. Twenty-one patients with isolated atlantoaxial subluxation and four with combined atlantoaxial and subaxial disease had their atlantoaxial instability treated by posterior decompression and fusion. The incidence of surgical mortality was 8%, and clinical improvement was noted in 75%. There was no neurological deterioration in those patients who survived long term. We have found posterior decompression and fusion to be a satisfactory procedure for the treatment of atlantooccipital subluxation. In our experience, anterior decompression has not been found necessary for successful treatment of atlantoaxial subluxation in patients with rheumatoid cervical spine disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0895-0385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
439-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Posterior decompression and fusion in rheumatoid disease of the cervical spine: redressing the balance.
pubmed:affiliation
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article