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From: Clinical results of a lamina with spinous process and an iliac graft as bone grafts in the surgical treatment of single-segment lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a retrospective cohort study

Fig. 3

A patient aged 40–50 years old with lumbar pyogenic discitis (L4–5) underwent posterior lumbar interbody fusion combined with instrumentation with instrumentation with an IG. A Preoperative computed tomography (MRI) showed bone destruction of the L4–5 disc and compression of the spinal nerves. B, C Six-month and 12-month postoperative X-rays showed maintained correction. D Three-year postoperative X-rays showed that solid bone fusion had been achieved

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