Fig. 1From: Minimally invasive far lateral debridement combined with posterior instrumentation for thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis without severe kyphosisA case of a 16-year-old male suffered from back pain with L1/2 tuberculosis. a Preoperative sagittal MRI showed tuberculosis which involves the intervertebral disc, leading to the kyphosis. b Preoperative coronal MRI showed psoas abscess and destruction of intervertebral disc. c Five 3 cm-long incisions were carried out, four of them for the pedicle screws insertion, and the fifth for debriding the TB lesion. d Expandable tubular retractor was docked over the right side facet joint, and the TB lesion was cleared through the far lateral approach. e, f Postoperative anteroposterior and lateral radiographs after long segmental fixation showed acceptable spinal alignmentBack to article page