Both structural damage and inflammation of the lumbar spine contribute to the sagittal imbalance in ankylosing spondylitis patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis | Zendy

Song Li | Zendy; Changzhi Du | Zendy; Saihu Mao | Zendy; Benlong Shi | Zendy; Zezhang Zhu | Zendy; Yong Qiu | Zendy

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Both structural damage and inflammation of the lumbar spine contribute to the sagittal imbalance in ankylosing spondylitis patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis

Author(s) -

Song Li,

Changzhi Du,

Saihu Mao,

Benlong Shi,

Zezhang Zhu,

Yong Qiu

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2223-4292

pISSN - 2223-4306

DOI - 10.21037/qims-19-990

Subject(s) - sagittal plane , medicine , ankylosing spondylitis , kyphosis , lumbar , magnetic resonance imaging , spondylitis , radiography , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery

The relationship between structural damage and inflammation of the spine and the sagittal imbalance in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not well understood. The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between structural damage and inflammation of the lumbar spine and the sagittal imbalance in AS patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis.

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