Fig. 1From: Multilevel thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum coexisted with/without lumbar spinal stenosis: staged surgical strategy and clinical outcomesConnectors applied in the junctional area. A 54-year-old female patient with spinal stenosis in thoracic and lumbar regions underwent staged surgeries (case 7). During the first stage of surgery, we deliberately left the cranial stump of the rods approximately 2.0 cm in length. During the second stage of surgery, two series of connectors (marked by the white arrow) were applied to the junctional connectionBack to article page