Effects of Combined Use of Ultrasonic Bone Scalpel and Hemostatic Matrix on Perioperative Blood Loss and Surgical Duration in Degenerative Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery

Figure 2

Both postoperative X-rays showed wide laminectomy decompressive procedure in degenerative thoracolumbar spine surgery (a, b). (a) 57 y/o female, degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis of L345, who underwent wide laminectomy and instrumentation fixation and fusion. (b) 65 y/o female, degenerative disc disease of L45, L5S1 with L345S1 spinal stenosis, who underwent wide laminectomy and instrumentation fixation and fusion.

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