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Fig. 3

From: Risk factors for insufficient reduction after short-segment posterior fixation for thoracolumbar burst fractures: Does the interval from injury onset to surgery affect reduction of fractured vertebrae?

Fig. 3

Lateral radiographs (a, b) and computed tomography (c, d) from a 19-year-old woman with an L1 burst fracture operated on 13th day after injury, showing changes before and after surgery. The vertebral body angle (VBA) was 21° before surgery. Surgery corrected the VBA to 4°. Thus, reduction of fractured vertebra is acceptable, though we could not perform surgery immediately

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X