Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spinal Infections through Anterolateral Approaches Using Expandable Titanium Mesh Cage for Spine Reconstruction

Figure 1

(a) Sagittal MRI, T1 showing the extension of the infectious process to three vertebral bodies L3-L4-L5 and to the intervertebral discs, as in a case of spondylodiscitis. ((b) and (d)) Axial MRI, T2 showing the paravertebral extension of the infection as well as an important compression of the sack and roots by the infection. ((c) and (d)) Sagittal CT showing the erosion and an extended rehashing of the bone as well as the involvement of the aortic prosthesis which has in part been pushed forwards by the infection. The CT also shows the integrity of the vertebral plain of the vertebrae adjacent to the damaged ones.