Ten-Year Results of Reconstruction for Rheumatoid Cervical Spine Lesions and Occurrence Factor of Subaxial Subluxation.

Conclusions: Patients with rheumatoid cervical lesions who undergo atlantoaxial or occipitocervical fixation using C1-C2 transarticular or pedicle screws carry a risk of SAS for up to 10 years postoperatively, which may require reoperation. PMID: 31079426 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research