[Urgent indications for spinal surgery in patients with rheumatoid inflammation]

Z Rheumatol. 2007 Feb;66(1):15-9. doi: 10.1007/s00393-006-0138-0.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The urgency of spinal procedures for rheumatoid inflammatory disease is presented in three typical spinal involvements. Characteristic connections between rheumatoid arthritis and the cervical spine, spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis and the occurrence of bacterial spondylodiscitis as a side effect of immunosuppression are discussed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Bacterial Infections / surgery*
  • Cervical Vertebrae / injuries
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Discitis / diagnosis
  • Discitis / surgery*
  • Emergencies*
  • Epidural Abscess / diagnosis
  • Epidural Abscess / surgery
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / diagnosis
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Compression / surgery*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnosis
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnosis
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / surgery*