The diffuse paraspinal ossification and inflammatory osteitis of advanced Ankylosing spondylitis creates a fused, brittle spine that is susceptible to fracture. The aim of this study is to present ...
Between 1997 to 2005 twenty patients suffering from AS sustained a spinal fracture and were treated in our department. Their gender, age, the mechanism of injury, the location and the type of the ...
A ground-breaking New Zealand trial has discovered a cheap treatment given only once every five to 10 years can prevent devastating bone fractures in women who have gone through menopause.