Fig. 3
A 46 years-old male, who was diagnosed with posttraumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis, suffered from low back pain after trauma for 25 years. A The X-ray showed an L1 compression fracture with a severe wedge-shaped upper endplate, and the Cobb angle of thoracolumbar kyphosis was 36 degrees. B Angiography indicated that there was a certain gap between the anterior edge of the vertebral body and the abdominal aorta. C–E Three years after the operation, the spinal sequence remained satisfactory with a cobb angle of 6 degrees. CT showed T12-L1 intervertebral space bone graft fusion