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Figure 2

From: Proximal junctional vertebral fracture-subluxation after adult spine deformity surgery. Does vertebral augmentation avoid this complication? A case report

Figure 2

Postoperative p-a and lateral x-rays showing a posterolateral arthrodesis from T10 to S1 and iliac screw in the right side, augmented with cement at T10, T11, L1, L5 and S1. Prophylactic vertebroplasty at T9 was performed to avoid the “topping-off syndrome”. Balanced profile in both frontal and sagittal planes were obtained.

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