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ArticleGlobal spine journal2024

Comparison of Posterior Approach and Combined Anterior-Posterior Approach in the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis Combined With Cervical Spine Fracture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Cong Peng, Haopeng Luan, Kai Liu, Xinghua Song

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Article in Global spine journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Modified anterior long-segment fixation versus posterior and combined approaches for subaxial cervical fractures in ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cong PengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Haopeng LuanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Kai LiuDepartment of Trauma and Microreconstructive Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Xinghua SongDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6208-4156
Xinjiang Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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designSystematic review.

objectiveTo compare the efficacy of the posterior approach and combined anterior-posterior approach in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with cervical spine fracture by meta-analysis.

methodsThe databases PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched for studies on the comparison of the posterior approach group and the combined anterior-posterior approach group in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis combined with cervical spine fracture from database establishment to August 2023. The procedure time, intraoperative blood loss, the rates of neurological improvement, mean change in the postoperative neurological function, complication rates, rates of revised surgery, and mortality were extracted. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software provided by Cochrane Library.

resultsA total of 11 retrospective cohort studies with a total of 215 patients were included in this study. The posterior approach group had lower intraoperative blood loss than the combined anterior-posterior approach group [Mean difference (MD) = -146.05, 95%CI(-187.40,-104.69),

conclusionBoth the posterior approach and combined anterior and posterior approach can achieve good results. Clinicians should develop an individualized approach based on the patient's fracture type, degree of spinal cord injury, fracture stability, fracture dislocation, general condition, and underlying disease.

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ankylosing spondylitiscervical spine fracturecombined anterior-posterior approachmeta-analysisposterior approach

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PMID38240317
PMCPMC11394510
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