Clinical Study

Early Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release for Correction of Sagittal Imbalance in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity

Figure 1

Intraoperative anterior-posterior radiographs demonstrating the curved retractor anterior to the disc space during dissection of the sympathetic plexus off the great vessels (a), and the intradiscal spreader in the disc space used to break the contralateral ALL remnant rather than blindly incising (b).
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