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Fig. 2 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 2

From: Early surgical intervention for active thoracic spinal tuberculosis patients with paraparesis and paraplegia

Fig. 2

A 46 year old male patient with T10-11 active spinal TB and paraplegia received one stage posterior spinal cord decompression, lesion removal, interbody fusion and pedicle fixation. (a–d), Preoperative images show osteolytic destruction and collapse of vertebral body, epidural cold abscess formation and spinal cord compression. (e-g) Postoperative image within 7 days after the operation show good position of pedicle screw fixation and interbody bone graft, as well as correction of kyphosis deformity. (h) Postoperative image 12 months after the operation shows that interbody fusion was achieved and that no significant loss of the kyphotic correction was observed

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