Ankylosing spondylitis, also called Bechterew’s disease ... may lessen your symptoms and perhaps slow down the disease. Surgery isn’t often needed unless you have severe joint damage.

Even minor injuries may cause fractures in an ankylosing spine. Patients with AS who sustain injuries of the spine are at greater risk of developing neurological impairment. These neurological ...

Patients that were treated conservatively were excluded from the study. The surgery was a consideration when the fracture compromised the stability of the spine, when a neurological deficit ...