The need for precise and accurate imaging navigation in cervical spine surgery for rheumatoid arthritis

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Rehabilitation, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Houlong, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
• ³ Department of Orthopedics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Department of Medicinal Botanicals and Foods on Health Applications, Da-Yeh University, Changhua County, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁶ Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Functional Neurosurgery Division, Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁸ Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁹ College of Health, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan.