Objectives: The purpose of this study was to clarify the characteristics of bony ankylosis of the facet joint of the cervical spine in RA patients who required cervical spine surgery, and its relationship to the clinical findings. Methods: Eighty consecutive RA patients with cervical spine disorder...
The conventional way of appreciating working capacity is no longer satisfying considering the improved diagnostic tools with increasing frequency of various deformities, instability and ankylosis and their combinations. As in the evaluation of peripheral joint function a concept is proposed, which is based...
The most common cause of dissatisfaction in the remaining 41 (13%) patients was poor hip flexion function (58.5% of this subset). Postoperative ROM was significantly lower in the bony ankylosis hips (median, 100° bony ankylosis group vs. 110° hip stiffness group). The bony ankylosis group...
(2-5) As these patients posses several problems like severe deformities of knee with bony ankylosis that results in difficulties in positioning, difficulty in giving anaesthesia due to fused spine, need for adductor tenotomy and release of other muscles around the hip, need for special implants ...
3). Micro-CT imaging revealed slight bone deformation and osteophytes in spine and knee joint of 7-month-old mature CD4-CKO mice, followed by massive osteophytes, bony fusion, and ankylosis in hip joint, knee joint, sacroiliac joint, and spine of 12-month-old aged CD4-CKO mice (Fig. ...
Bony ankylosis of the facet joint of the cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis: Its characteristics and relationship to the clinical findings for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or hip arthroplasty (THA).The preoperative CT imaging demonstrated bony ankylosis of the facet joint of the cervical ... ...
Cervical Vertebrae - injuriesAnkylosis - therapyChronic DiseaseDislocations - radiographyHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeck Pain - therapyZygapophyseal Joint - injuries Background : Cervical facet dislocation injuries typically present shortly after occurrence due to the pain and neurologic deficit that can be ...