More J, Sen C
Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Mt Sinai J Med. 1994 May;61(3):257-64.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects the cervical spine in up to 88% of patients with seropositive disease. Neurologic sequelae result either from direct compression by a rheumatoid pannus or from spinal subluxations. Indications for and techniques of neurosurgical intervention are discussed.