Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with high rates of severe
thoracolumbar fractures, in many cases with neurological deficits. It is currently a point of …

A 74-year-old woman with ankylosing spondylitis presented with back pain and complete
paraplegia after a fall. A radiologic finding of a bamboo spine, a characteristic feature of …

Radiographic spondyloarthropathy, also known as ankylosing spondylitis, which is an
important subgroup of spondyloarthritis, is a subgroup of diseases that we meet frequently in …

Objective Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease. Complications
such as traumatic spinal fractures are mostly caused by hyperextension and are unstable …

Objective Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatic disease mainly affecting the
axial skeleton. The rigid spine may secondarily develop osteoporosis, further increasing the …

Object. In this clinical review of ankylosing spondylitis, the authors emphasize the fragility of
the spine and the degree of neurological deficit that can result from minor injury. The …

Study Design: There are no accurate guidelines on the operative treatment of ankylosing
spondylitis (AS)-related thoracolumbar stress fractures. For this reason, we categorized such …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a major subtype of the
spondyloarthropathies. Uncoupling of bone formation and resorption along with ectopic …

Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily
affects spine and paraspinal soft tissue. Ankylosing spondylitis is one of the causes of …

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are prone to spinal fracture after even minor
trauma. We report a case of thoracic spinal fracture in a patient with AS who developed a …