Surgical treatment of spinal pseudoarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis.

Surgical Treatment After Spinal Trauma in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Spinal pseudoarthrosis: a complication of ankylosing spondylitis.

Fracture of the cervical spine is a recognized complication of advanced ankylosing spondylitis ( 1 ). Such fractures occur after relatively minor trauma and may appear t o be spontaneous. They are characteristically seen long after the cervical apophyseal joints have fused and vertebral osteoporosis has developed. This complication is consistent with the mechanically unstable situation that dev...

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...

Robotic-Assisted Device in Posterior Spinal Fusion for a High Risk Thoraculombar Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Fractures in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are often difficult to treat and surgical treatment may be fraught with complications. We describe the use of a robotic-assisted device in the surgical treatment of an unstable L1 fracture in an elderly patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and AS. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged after 3 days. The use of a robot...

Urolithiasis in ankylosing spondylitis: Correlation with Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI), Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) and Bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index (BASMI)

Background: Increased incidence of renal stone has been reported in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but unlike some well-known renal involvements, they have not been fully studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of AS with urolithiasis and also the relation between urinary stone and severity markers. Methods: One hundred-sixty three AS patients were included in a cross-s...