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Fig. 6

From: Sagittal imbalance syndrome, a new concept, helps determining a long fusion for patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis and severe global sagittal imbalance

Fig. 6

a A 66-year-old male patient with DLSS and PDSI who was not diagnosed with sagittal imbalance syndrome. b He had a good lumbar muscle status. The mean muscle/disk ratio was 1.35 and the mean percentage of fatty infiltrated was 19.4%. c Two years after lumbar decompression and short fusion, his global sagittal imbalance was spontaneously compensated. No internal-related untoward event was revealed

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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