CASE REPORT
Este artigo representa uma breve descrição do conceito de fraturas em pacientes com espondilite anquilosante e as técnicas cirúrgicas mais utilizadas, seguido pelo relato de três casos tratados por artrodese circunferencial.
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1MD, PhD, Neurosurgery Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, EPE, Portugal.
2MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, EPE, Portugal.
Received Nov 15, 2023
Accepted Jan 3, 2024