Analysis of sagittal balance using spinopelvic parameters in ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with vertebral column decancellation surgery


Published online: Sep 27 2015

Bin LIN, Wen-Bin ZHANG, Tao-yi CAI, Cheng-Wu Lu, Qin ZHOU, Zhuanzhi HUANG, Hui YU

From the Department of Orthopaedics, 175th Hospital of PLA, Orthopaedics Center of PLA, Southeast Hospital of Xiamen University, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China

Abstract

This study was designed to explore the change of spinopelvic parameters after vertebral column decancellation (VCD) for the management of thoracolumbar kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Forty-two AS patients including thirty-six males and

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