Lumbar spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA): what affects the outcomes?

Although the cervical spine is only occasionally involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), involvement of the lumbar spine is even less common. A few reports on lumbar spinal stenosis in patients with RA have appeared. Although disc space narrowing occurs in aging, postoperative adjacent segment disease (ASD) in patients with RA has not been subject to much analysis.

Source: The Spine Journal - June 30, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Shoji Seki, Norikazu Hirano, Isao Matsushita, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, Masato Nakano, Taketoshi Yasuda, Hiraku Motomura, Kayo Suzuki, Yasuhito Yahara, Kenta Watanabe, Hiroto Makino, Tomoatsu Kimura Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research