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 severely ankylosed spine.

Group III. Cases with poor results include sloughed tendons with loss of flexion of the middle or distal phalanx, or both, and ankylosed proximal or distal interphalangeal joint, causing a stiff ...

Background: Developmental Defects of Enamel (DDE) is a pathology of the teeth that can greatly alter the quality of life of patients (hypersensitivity, esthetic issues, loss of function, etc.). The ...

Bilateral grade 3 or 4 sacroiliitis occurred in 73/86 (84.9%) male AS patients compared with 14/23 (60.9%) female AS patients (p=0.011). For bilateral grade 4 (ie, fully ankylosed SI joints) the ...