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Fig. 6

From: Imaging features of the postoperative spine: a guide to basic understanding of spine surgical procedures

Fig. 6

Plate with screws—anterior fusion procedure for degenerative disc disease. A disc herniation at the C5-6 level (thin arrow) compressing the spinal cord is demonstrated on a preoperative T2W sagittal MR image (a). An anterior cervical fusion procedure was performed from C5 to C7 using plate with screws attached to the vertebral bodies (arrow), as shown on a postsurgical T2W sagittal MR image (b). Resection of the herniated disc material was performed

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