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Ankylosing Spondylitis: Figure 6 - 11

Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Howard S. An, MD
The Morton International Endowed Chair
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL, USA

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.

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Article written 06/27/2000
Published online 07/18/2000
Last updated: 08/06/2007

 

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