1. Initial and final follow-up axial CT images of the multilevel PD-L cases with VB-SFs without clinical sequelae.
Initial and final follow-up axial CT images of the multilevel PD-L cases with VB-SFs without clinical sequelae. In patients 6 (A and B), 3 (C and D), and 2 (E and F) with 12, 8, and 10 months’ follow-up, respectively, the fractures remain open and show sclerotic margins without evidence of bridging of the fracture. One should note the unhealed fracture in D, where a plate was placed across the fracture on the second postoperative day. On these images, the fractures are more obvious at late follow-up. In patient 1 (G and H), a 13-month follow-up axial CT reconstruction shows cortical bridging at the fracture and sclerosis around the fracture path.
Humbert G. Sullivan et al. Int J Spine Surg 2012;6:93-102
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