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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease, and one of the main complications of RA is osteoporosis, which can cause osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) that lead to low back pain and spinal deformation. For RA patients with OVCFs, the symptoms of osteoporosis are more severe, if surgical treatment is to be carried out, it is important to focus on the treatment of osteoporosis caused by RA.
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