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Ankylosing Spondylitis: Complications Related to Spine Surgery
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Ankylosing Spondylitis: Complications Related to Spine Surgery

Aaron M From and Patrick W Hitchon
Ankylosing Spondylitis, pp.297-308
CRC Press
2006
DOI: 10.3109/9780849374463-23

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Abstract

As the name suggests, ankylosing spondylitis (AS) will affect the spine in most if not all patients. Spinal surgery in these patients will generally be spinal fusions/ arthrodesis, osteotomies, or spinal canal decompressions. As in all spine surgery, complications may occur, but there are certain aspects of AS which cause a specific spectrum of complications.

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