Fig. 2From: The radiographic, pulmonary, and clinical outcomes of patients with severe rigid spinal deformities treated via halo‐pelvic tractionPreoperative application of HPT in a 20-year-old man with a severe rigid spinal deformity. a The patient’s preoperative scoliosis angle(117°), kyphosis angle(138°) and general appearance. b The patient’s scoliosis angle (51°), kyphosis angle (45°) and general appearance after 4 months of traction. c He was treated with a long posterior reconstruction from T1 to L3 with one-level grade 4 osteotomies at T7/8Back to article page