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Pathologic thoracic spine fracture in presence of Parkinson’s disease and diffuse ankylosis: successful management of a challenging condition

BACKGROUND: Patients with Parkinson’s disease have higher risk of complications and revision surgery following spine surgery. Spinal fracture in an ankylosed spine is also difficult to treat. We recently treated a case of thoracic spine fracture in a patient with Parkinson’s disease complicating a s...

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Autores principales: Aoki, Yasuchika, Nakajima, Arata, Sakakibara, Ryuji, Ohtori, Seiji, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Nakagawa, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-61