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Fig. 3

From: First clinical experience with posterior lumbar interbody fusion using a thermal-sprayed silver-containing hydroxyapatite-coated cage

Fig. 3

Representative case of an 81-year-old woman with stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal. a Preoperative sagittal lumbar computed tomography (CT) shows vertebral endplate cyst formation (VECF) (↑arrow) in the upper endplate of the L5 vertebra. b Sagittal lumbar CT performed 6 months after L4/5 posterior fusion shows intervertebral bony fusion, no halation around the cage, and complete VECF resolution

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X