Ankylosing Spondylitis: Figure 6 - 11

Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

FIGURES – continued

thomasen wedge osteotomy and vertebral corpectomy Figure 6: Lateral aspect of a Thomasen wedge osteotomy and vertebral corpectomy.
Figure 7: Lateral aspect of a closed Thomasen osteotomy. thomasen closed osteotomy
Intraoperative transpedicular screw insertion in an ankylosing spondylitic patient
Figure 8: Intraoperative transpedicular screw insertion in an ankylosing spondylitic patient.
ntraoperative placement of transpedicular H-frame
Figure 9: Intraoperative placement of transpedicular H–frame rods in an ankylosing spondylitic patient.
postoperative ankylosing spondylitis patient Figure 10: Postoperative lateral view of an ankylosing spondylitic patient.
Figure 11A: Postoperative lateral aspect of transpedicular screw–rod fixation and Thomasen subtraction osteotomy. Postoperative transpedicular screw-rod fixation
Figure 11B: Postoperative AP aspect of transpedicular screw–rod fixation and Thomasen subtraction osteotomy.
Posted on: July 17th, 2000
Last Updated on: December 10th, 2009