Occipital and external acoustic meatus to axis angle: a useful predictor of oropharyngeal space in rheumatoid arthritis patients with atlantoaxial subluxation.

CONCLUSIONS: O-EAa was superior to O-C2a in predicting nPAS, especially in the case of AAS, because it affects both O-C2a and cranial translational motion. O-EAa would be a useful parameter for surgeons performing occipitocervical fusion in patients with AAS. PMID: 31226680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - June 20, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Morizane K, Takemoto M, Neo M, Fujibayashi S, Otsuki B, Tanida S, Shimizu T, Ito H, Matsuda S Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research