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ID 111084
Author
Nagamachi, Akihiro Tokushima University
Mima, Noriaki Mitoyo General Hospital
Adachi, Keisuke Mitoyo General Hospital
Inoue, Kazumasa Mitoyo General Hospital
Jha, Subash C. Tokushima University
Nitta, Akihiro Tokushima University
Takasago, Tomoya Tokushima University
Iwame, Toshiyuki Tokushima University
Hayashi, Fumio Tokushima University
Chikawa, Takashi Tokushima Municipal Hospital
Keywords
destructive spondyloarthropathy
hemodialysis
radiological analysis
clinical symptom
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Analyses of radiographic changes and clinical symptom of destructive spondyloarthropathy (DSA) on consecutive 42 patients managed with long-term hemodialysis were performed to elucidate radiographic changes of DSA and the factors that influence to the destructive changes. Patients underwent plain radiographs of the cervical spine with 9 years interval. Grading of radiological feature from lateral view was classified into grade 0 to grade 3. Clinical symptom was evaluated using modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scoring system for cervical myelopathy (mJOA score). Destructive changes were observed in 3 patients at the first examination, and those were observed in 15 patients 9 years after the first examination. There is no statistically significant difference between the duration of hemodialysis and the grade. The mean age at the onset of hemodialysis, however, was significantly higher in patients of grade 2 and 3 than those of grade 1. Older patients with long-term hemodialysis had destructive changes. Destructive changes commonly observed in lower cervical spine. The average numbers of the involved disc level were 1.6 in grade 2 and 1.0 in grade 3. Clinical symptoms were varied in each grade and there was no statistically significant difference in total mJOA score among these grades.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
AA12022913
Publisher
Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
Volume
64
Issue
1-2
Start Page
68
End Page
73
Sort Key
68
Published Date
2017-02
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language
eng
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Medical Sciences
University Hospital