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A case of patient with Bekhterev’s disease who has got a closed trauma of the cervical spine involving C6 transverse fracture with anterior displacement and tilting of a vertebral body fragment, spinal cord compression and contusion, which caused severe tetraparesis. Surgical treatment included anterior spinal fusion with autograft and instrumentation and resulted in early mobilization and rehabilitation of the patient.

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  • A case of patient with Bekhterev’s disease who has got a closed trauma of the cervical spine involving C6 transverse fracture with anterior displacement and tilting of a vertebral body fragment, spinal cord compression and contusion, which caused severe tetraparesis

  • В противном случае, несмотря на то что при болезни Бехтерева остеогенные процессы протекают более интенсивно, возможно несращение переломов и формирование ложных суставов позвоночника

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A case of patient with Bekhterev’s disease who has got a closed trauma of the cervical spine involving C6 transverse fracture with anterior displacement and tilting of a vertebral body fragment, spinal cord compression and contusion, which caused severe tetraparesis. О подходах к оперативному лечению повреждений в шейном отделе позвоночника при болезни Бехтерева встречаются лишь единичные упоминания. Cornfjord et al [4] сообщают о результатах лечения 19 больных с переломами шейного отдела анкилозированного позвоночника.

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