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From: Comparison of clinical and radiological outcomes of local morselized bone grafts and structural iliac bone grafts in the treatment of lumbar tuberculosis with posterior-only surgery

Fig. 2

A 39-year-old female with L4–5 tuberculosis. a The lateral X-ray film before surgery demonstrated intervertebral stenosis between the L4–5. b, c Preoperative CT and MRI showed that L4–5 vertebral bone destruction with paravertebral abscess. d–f Postoperative X-ray and CT of a patient who patient underwent posterior internal fixation from L2 to S1 and structural iliac bone graft at L4–5. g, h X-ray at 24 months postoperative showing bone fusion between L4 and L5, without signs of tuberculosis recurrence

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