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From: Ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture with a horizontal and perpendicular paramedian approach based on positioning in patients with abnormal spinal anatomy: a case report and technical description

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Radiographic evaluation of the spine (Patient 1). (a) The anterior-posterior radiographic view demonstrating thoracolumbar scoliosis with a Cobb angle of 91°. (b) Lateral radiography demonstrating thoracolumbar kyphosis with a Cobb angle of 82°. (c) Axial CT view demonstrating L5 vertebral body rotation calculated by the angle at which the vertebral (white, broken line) was inclined relative to a vertical line (white, unbroken arrow). (d) Three-dimensional CT of the spine showing capacious L3/4 and L4/5 interspaces on the left side (white circle)

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