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Fig. 5 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 5

From: Comparison of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression and short-segment fusion in the treatment of elderly degenerative lumbar scoliosis with spinal stenosis

Fig. 5

A 73-year-old male patient with a 1-year history of previous cerebral infarction. He had severe degeneration of the lumbar spine and underwent PTED surgery on the L4–5 segment. A and D are preoperative frontal and lateral radiographs, respectively. B and E are sagittal comparisons of MRI before and after surgery, respectively. E and F are axial comparisons of MRI images of the responsible segment. (Yellow arrows show the changes in the L4–5 segment before and after surgery)

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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