Open AccessSurgical treatment outcome on a national cohort of 176 patients with cervical manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) -
Anna MacDowall,
László Bárány,
Gergely Bodon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_200_20
Subject(s) - medicine , atlantoaxial instability , surgery , neck pain , rheumatoid arthritis , visual analogue scale , myelopathy , deformity , arthrodesis , basilar invagination , spinal fusion , cervical spine , spinal cord , decompression , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affecting the cervical spine results in instability and deformity that can be divided into the subtypes C1-C2 horizontal (atlantoaxial instability), C0-C2 vertical (basilar invagination), subaxial, and combined instabilities. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical treatments and outcomes of RA-related deformity and instability in a population-based setting.