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Fig. 6 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 6

From: Perioperative outcome and complications following single-staged Posterior Spinal Fusion (PSF) using pedicle screw instrumentation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): a review of 1057 cases from a single centre

Fig. 6

A 13-year-old girl with severe rigid scoliosis with preoperative Cobb angle of 117° (a & b) underwent PSF from T2 to L2. Postoperative Cobb angle was 60° and correction rate was 48.7% (c). She developed lung atelectasis of right middle and lower lobes at postoperative day 2 (d) which resolved at postoperative day 6 with non-invasive oxygen supplementation and chest physiotherapy

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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