Risk factor analysis of perioperative complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing primary cervical spine surgery

Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often causes cervical spine lesions as the disease condition progresses, which induce occipital neuralgia or cervical myelopathy requiring surgical interventions. Meanwhile, patients with RA are susceptible to infection or other complications in the peri...

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Main Authors: Koji Sakuraba, Yuki Omori, Kazuhiro Kai, Kazumasa Terada, Nobuo Kobara, Satoshi Kamura, Kenjiro Fujimura, Hirofumi Bekki, Masanari Ohta, Hisa-aki Miyahara, Jun-ichi Fukushi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-03-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-022-02767-0