Surgical Treatment After Spinal Trauma in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Surgical options in the treatment of the spinal disorders in ankylosing spondylitis.
Serious complications or unsatisfactory results in the past often have made patients as well as doctors hesitant to decide for surgery in ankylosing spondylitis. Though the techniques of correction for fixed flexion deformity still are demanding, decisive progress has been made toward less complications, less operative trauma and better quality of life after surgery. The present work represents...
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