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Fig. 5

From: Unplanned hospital readmission after surgical treatment for thoracic spinal stenosis: incidence and causative factors

Fig. 5

a, b Preoperative MRI and CT reveal that T10-11 OPLL and spinal cord compression. He received circumferential decompression of T10-11, with instrumentation from T10 to T12. He discharged at 4th postoperative day. Unplanned readmission occurred at 17th postoperative day due to local bulge under the incision, c MRI reveal CSF around the decompression region and subcutaneous pseudomeningocele. d He received revision surgery of tight suturing of the muscle and fascia layers, postoperative MRI revealed that the pseudomeningocele was cleared

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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