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由傅鐵城著作·2003—中華民國復健醫學會雜誌；31卷4期(2003/12/01)，P245-252.繁體中文...andfixationwithvertebralprosthesis,anteriorspinalinstrumentationandposterior ...

The subject patient was a case of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Because of recurrent fine vertebral fracture combined with pseudoarthrosis and neurological deficiency, the patient had received several conventional surgical interventions over ten years. A year before the present admission, the patient suffered lower limbs weakness and received surgical intervention with thoracic corpectomy and fixation with vertebral prosthesis, anterior spinal instrumentation and posterior fusion with pedicle screw at Stanford hospital in the U.S.A. The patient tolerated the procedure well and achieved some improvement in his leg sensation and muscle power. The patient then returned to Taiwan for rehabilitation therapy at Chang-Gung memorial hospital. AS involves bone mass loss and ankylosing characteristics of the spine which result in sequential spinal deformity and even fracture lesions in late stages. The fracture lesions of ankyl...