Fig. 3From: Forearm T-score as a predictor of cage subsidence in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease following posterior single-segment lumbar interbody fusionA 56-year-old nonosteoporotic man with lumbar spinal stenosis (forearm T-score = − 1.5) underwent PLIF. A Preoperative anterior–posterior and lateral lumbar X-rays. B Preoperative flexion and extension lumbar X-rays. C Lateral lumbar X-ray at 1 week postoperatively. D and E No subsidence of the cage was observed in X-ray and CT images at 1 year postoperativelyBack to article page