Cervical spine instability in rheumatoid arthritis

Surgical management of cervical spine instability in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

AIM Cross-sectional study that aims to evaluate the results of cervical spine surgeries due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) instability, between January of 2000 and of 2012 in a main Portuguese centre. METHODS Patients followed on Rheumatology submitted to cervical spine fusion due to atlantoaxial (AAI), sub-axial (SAI) or cranio-cervical (CCI) instabilities between 2000-2012 were included. Info...

Cervical Spine Lesions in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.

AIM OF THE STUDY to gather clinical and laboratory data on rheumatoid arthritis patients with cervical spine damage (incidence and prevalence, correlation between duration of disease and the time of lesion onset, to assess signs and symptoms and the role of laboratory investigations). The spine is an axial organ with an important role in support and resistance. It is a pillar with a very comple...

[Cervical spine changes in rheumatoid arthritis].

Images in spine surgery: rheumatoid arthritis in cervical spine.

Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine.

The synovitis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) injures structures in the cervical spine, allowing atlantoaxial subluxation, atlantoaxial impaction, and subaxial subluxation. Spinal cord and vertebral artery injury can ensue. Subluxations are common, but neurologic abnormalities are less so. Patients with RA can die from subluxations but usually do not, although many become worse with time. Nonsurgi...