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Fig. 3

From: Analysis of risk factors for adjacent superior vertebral pedicle-induced facet joint violation during the minimally invasive surgery transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective study

Fig. 3

The CT images and corresponding mode pattern of location relationship between vertebral pedicle screw (total number: 138) and facet joints. No point indicated the vertebral pedicle screw clearly avoids the facet joint, one point indicated the vertebral pedicle screw head is either in contact with or suspected to has invaded the facet joint, and two points indicate the screw has clearly invaded the facet joint

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European Journal of Medical Research

ISSN: 2047-783X

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