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SUBMITTER: Yahara Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011504 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yahara Yasuhito Y Yasuda Taketoshi T Kawaguchi Yoshiharu Y Suzuki Kayo K Seki Shoji S Kondo Miho M Makino Hiroto H Kamei Katsuhiko K Kanamori Masahiko M Kimura Tomoatsu T
BMC musculoskeletal disorders 20200210 1
<h4>Background</h4>Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is characterized by the ossification of vertebral bodies and peripheral entheses. However, variations in sacroiliac (SI) joint change in patients with DISH have not been fully clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate SI joint variation in patients with DISH in comparison with a non-DISH population.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 342 SI joints in 171 patients (DISH+, n = 86; DISH-, n = 85) who had undergone lumbar spine sur ...[more]