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Figure 3

From: One-stage posterior debridement, autogenous spinous process bone graft and instrumentation for single segment lumbar pyogenic spondylitis

Figure 3

Autologous iliac bone group (group A). A 68-year-old male with L3–4 lumbar pyogenic spondylitis (a–f). Preoperative X-ray and CT showed that L3–4 vertebral body destruction with sequestrum formation, intervertebral space stenosis and psoas abscess (red arrow). (g,h) Postoperative X-ray showed iliac bone graft and internal fixations were in good location. (i–l) CT and X-ray taken at 6 months after operation showed solid bone fusion between L3 and L4.

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