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Cervical Spine Disease in Elderly Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an HLA-B27 associated rheumatoid disease and prototypical spondyloarthritis. In addition to cardiopulmonary comorbidities, axial spondyloarthritis is one of the major clinical features among AS. Spine is the primary skeletal site involved, starting from sacroiliac joint and progressing rostrally to lumbar then cervical spine. Cervical spine fracture is a common complication in AS patients that usually cause spinal cord injury and significant neurologic deterioration. Cervical spine deformity is another troublesome condition that leads to severe disability and poor health-related quality of life in AS patients. Cutting-edge managements for AS-involved cervical spine disease will be further described in the chapter.

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Johnson Ku & Jason Ku

  2. School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City, Taiwan

    Chieh-Yi Chen, Hsuan-Kan Chang & Jau-Ching Wu

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan

    Chieh-Yi Chen, Hsuan-Kan Chang & Jau-Ching Wu

  4. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City, Taiwan

    Hsuan-Kan Chang

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  1. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

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  2. Departments of Neurosurgery & Rehab Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Michael Y. Wang

  3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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  4. Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Leatherman Spine Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    John R. Dimar II

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Ku, J., Ku, J., Chen, CY., Chang, HK., Wu, JC. (2023). Cervical Spine Disease in Elderly Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Fu, KM.G., Wang, M.Y., Virk, M.S., Dimar II, J.R., Mummaneni, P.V. (eds) Treatment of Spine Disease in the Elderly. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12612-3_12

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