The management of spinal injuries in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: a comparison of treatment methods and clinical outcomes.

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Published in J Spinal Disord Tech on April 01, 2009

Authors

Peter G Whang1, Grigory Goldberg, James P Lawrence, Joseph Hong, James S Harrop, David Greg Anderson, Todd J Albert, Alexander R Vaccaro

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8170, USA. peter.whang@yale.edu

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