title: [Urgent indications for spinal surgery in patients with rheumatoid inflammation].
abstract: The urgency of spinal procedures for rheumatoid inflammatory disease is presented in three typical spinal involvements. Characteristic connections between rheumatoid arthritis and the cervical spine, spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis and the occurrence of bacterial spondylodiscitis as a side effect of immunosuppression are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Wirbelsäulenchirurgie am Neurozentrum, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg. lwiesner@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiesner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinhagen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hansen-Algenstaedt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rüther
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*