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From: A novel technique of transpedicular opening-wedge osteotomy for treatment of rigid kyphosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

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Diagrams of middle column preserved transpedicular opening-wedge osteotomy (TOWO). a Thoracolumbar kyphosis in sagittal vew. b and c The spinous process, lamina and facet joints were removed, and the direction of osteotomy was parallel to the endplate (the red portion). d The correcting hinge was located on the posterior edge of the vertebral body, which could create an open wedge of the anterior column

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BMC Surgery

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