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From: Is the radiographic subsidence of stand-alone cages associated with adverse clinical outcomes after cervical spine fusion? An observational cohort study with 2-year follow-up outcome scoring

Figure 3

Cervical spine (female, 59 years) with spinal stenosis and advanced disc degeneration in C6/7 and spontaneous block vertebra formation in C7/Th1 treated with a cervical cage in C6/7 – X-rays taken A immediately postoperatively, B 1 year after surgery with initial ventral subsidence of the cage into the superior endplate of C7, and C 2.5 years postoperatively with advanced ventral subsidence and osseous bridging.

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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493