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The Management of Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease, generally involving the sacroiliac joints and spinal column from caudal to cranial vertebrae as pathogenesis develop [1, 2]. Thoracolumbar kyphosis is the most common deformity which causes hard standing, walking, looking horizontally, and lying flat on the back.

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Zhang, YG. et al. (2015). The Management of Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Wang, Y., Boachie-Adjei, O., Lenke, L. (eds) Spinal Osteotomy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8038-4_12

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