Iatrogenic Spinal Cord Injury during Removal of the Inferior Articular Process in the Presence of Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum

Figure 3

Postfacetectomy (a) and postlaminectomy (b) axial Computed Tomograms at the level of T10-11. The arrowheads in (a) demonstrate bilateral ossifications of the ligamentum flavum occupying the posterior aspect of the spinal canal. The bracket in (b) indicates the area where decompression was achieved via laminectomy and resection of these lesions.

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