Inflammatory Arthropathy Flashcards
1
Q
Most common presentations of cervical disease in RA?
A
- Basilar invagination
- Atlantoaxial instability
- Subaxial subluxation
2
Q
Parameters for surgical intervention of the rheumatoid cervical spine
A
- PADI < 14 mm
- cervicomedullary angle <135 degrees
- progressive neurological deficit
- refractory pain
- atlantoaxial impaction as determined by migration >5 mm rostral to McGregor’s line
- subaxial canal diameter < 14 mm.
