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Anterior Surgical Procedure on Cervical Spine

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This board includes five surgical images and a post-operative color film interpretation.rnrnThe first image is of the initial incision over the reduced cervical spine. The second surgical step shows disc material being removed from C3-4, C4-5, and C5-6. The third step is of the corpectomies performed on C4 and C5. The forth step shown is of a cylindrical cage filled with bone graft being inserted into the prepared space. The last step depicts an anterior plate being inserted and attached with a pair of screws at C3 and C7.rnrnThe post-operative condition image is a lateral color film interpretation with all the anterior hardware in place and an inset of the actual film.
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c4-5

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