Predictors of paralysis in the rheumatoid cervical spine in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty.
Grauer JN, Tingstad EM, Rand N, Christie MJ, Hilibrand AS. Predictors of paralysis in the rheumatoid cervical spine in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2004, 86: 1420-4. PMID: 15252088, DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal joint arthroplastyPredictors of paralysisRadiographic evidenceRheumatoid arthritisCervical spineJoint arthroplastyCervical instabilityPosterior atlantodental intervalRheumatoid cervical spinePopulation of patientsExtension lateral radiographsOrthopaedic manifestationsAtlantodental intervalRadiographic findingsRadiographic predictorsSpinal cordRadiographic signsLateral radiographsPatientsArthritisParalysisArthroplastyRadiographsFive-year periodSpine