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Multi-Level Spinal Osteotomy

Published on Fri Jul 05, 2024

Question: A patient with cervical neuromuscular scoliosis reports to the surgeon for spinal osteotomy. The patient is placed prone on the operating table. The surgeon makes a midline posterior incision over the affected spinal area, and then retracts muscle and soft tissue to expose the vertebrae. They then remove a triangular section of bone from two segments of vertebrae, stabilize the [...]
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