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Within a period of 12 years 466 patients with acute spinal cord injury were admitted to our Centre, seven of these having ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A history of alcohol consumption preceding the accident was present in five patients, and in four there was a history of neurological deterioration before their admission. An epidural hematoma was found in one patient and four expired within 3 months of their injury.
The incidence of ankylosing spondylitis in cervical cord injury was 1.5%, and an associated epidural hematoma was present in some 14% of the patients. The mortality rate was 57%. There was a high incidence of alcoholic use before the accident. Neurological deterioration commonly occurred before admission.
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This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association, April 15-17, 1985, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
This paper was supported in part by the New England Paralyzed Veterans of America.
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Foo, D., Sarkarati, M. & Marcelino, V. Cervical spinal cord injury complicating ankylosing spondylitis. Spinal Cord 23, 358–363 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1985.57
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