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

  • Lothar Wiesner
  • Jörn Steinhagen
  • Nils Hansen-Algenstaedt
  • Wolfgang Rüther

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.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number1
ISSN0340-1855
Publication statusPublished - 2007
pubmed 17268787